Apology accepted.
> DRM has no business in the HTML
standard.
My second comment from the top conceded this point. Some
people seem not to have noticed that. When I considered the
EFF's point of
view, I got a vision of a world where DRM
comes to dominate, and what we always
feared, a world where
the internet has become dominated by the content
producers
and has become a much more passive (and controlled) medium
like TV.
I also recalled the fear of people being forced to
use "approved computers"
with TPM, like Windows 8. So on
this issue, we are probably not far apart at
all.
However, in isolation, a radical blanket statement such
as "You
say you don't want to control my computer but this
is exactly what DRM
technology is intended to do." makes you
sound a little... well,
paranoid.
I'll tell you a little story. Last week I went on a trip.
When the plane landed, I went over to the car rental kiosk
to pick up the car
I had reserved. Would you believe that
within minutes of them confirming my
reservation, looking at
my driver's license, and taking an impression of my
credit
card, they actually handed me the keys to their car?
That's
right, they gave up all control over their machine. I
could have done anything
with that car, and they wouldn't
have known it until after the fact. Of course,
had I not
respected our contract, they would never rent to me again.
A
second little story. As mentioned, I subscribed to
Netflix recently. Shortly
after I concluded submitting the
signup form, in order to watch a movie I
actually handed
them the keys to the media path through my computer!
That's right, I gave up all control over my media path. They
could have done
anything with that, and I wouldn't have
known it until after the fact. Of
course, had they not
respected our contract, they would never rent to me
again.
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Yeah, I didn't think you were being antagonistic to Gringo, just passionate
about the issue.
I'm a bit torn about the issue. I see the logic in allowing DRM, but I also see
the problems that will result, and, more importantly, the hypocrisy of including
proprietary extension in an open standard.
The number 1 issue is that DRM will probably not work on Linux, which is my OS
of choice. Thus, I will be forced to either not comsume the content, or
technically break the law and have some sort of decryptor module installed, like
I would have to do with DVDs. I could make some sort of Fair Use argument about
the latter option ala Sony Vs. Connectix, but I don't think that will fly very
well (IANAL).
I do not appreciate others trying to lock down MY computer, and I don't believe
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