[Top][All Lists]   Re: DRM and freedom  From: Bas Wijnen
Subject: Re: DRM and freedom Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:34:19
+0100 User-agent: Mutt/1.5.11  On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at
07:15:32PM +0100, Martin Schoenbeck wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann
wrote: > >So, we have three issues here: > > > >* The technology
question if DRM and privacy are inseparable or not. > It depends
on who has control over the system. To implement DRM, there  >
requiring industry, has access.  No.  There must be parts that
can be put *by the user* in a state where he can no longer
access it.  It does not transfer control to the DRM supplier, it
only allows the user to do business with people who would
otherwise refuse  > If you want to give some users privacy
against even the owner of the system > uses this privacy for his
advantage.  That's part of the deal.  If you don't like it,
don't do business with the  > >* The strategic question if it
makes a difference if we have a structure > >that makes
implementing DRM easier. > system is trustable, t