Surprisingly enough I have seen little lately about TCPA and Palladium. Usually I keep on things like this but this seems to have just passed me by somehow. I just read this
TCPA / Palladium Frequently Asked Questions and found the situation much worse than I had realized. The affect this could have on fair use, privacy, open source software, and innovation are down right scary.
The Death of Fair Use and Privacy
Submitted by Flotsaam on October 2, 2002 - 09:25.
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Re: The Death of Fair Use and Privacy
Incidentally, from what I've read, both Intel and AMD have agreed to support this by building technology into the next generation of CPUs.
Everything that is going on right now related to IP and privacy is scary.
Re: The Death of Fair Use and Privacy
The article was a fascinating read! The problem I see with it (and most other articles I've read about Palladium) is that it's too clinical. The biggest problem with Palladium is that it steals from you. It doesn't let you use what you've purchased. The tidal effect of this is to restrict all knowledge to a few large corporate entities with the legal and financial resources to fence it in.
These predictions are so scary that no one is willing to say them out loud--lest they be jeered as a raving idiot. I've just read over what I've written and I can't believe it myself. But this is what Palladium IS. It's hard to believe it's coming to this.
Re: The Death of Fair Use and Privacy
oh, it's coming. if DRMS legislation is passed, the technological means are being built in to make it work.
and even if it doesn't pass, if the entertainment industry can agree on standards, it'll be easy for them to create DRMS that works with palladium.
that's why i was telling you, dave, that i want to write a paper on why worrying about fair use in relation to the CTEA is just not enough.