[DMCA-Activists] Re: Palladium patent

[Seth Johnson]

See the bit I wrote on it when the news first came out, back
in December:

> http://cryptome.org/ms-drmos-sj.htm

Seth Johnson

Matthew Caron wrote:
> 
> http://cryptome.org/ms-drm-os.htm
> 
> Cryptome has the MS DRM OS patent.
> 
> A few thoughts:
> 
> 1.) They seem to have patented the concept of "reduced
> user functionality to protect copyright holders"
> 
> 2.) By patenting a DRM OS, and then effectively
> mandating the use of a DRM OS in order to do any type
> of online commerce and so forth, they are effectively
> establishing a monopoly (witness the "I run windows
> so I can run word because everyone else runs word, and
> yet I continue to send things as word docs thus
> perpetuating windows hegemony" cycle. Possible
> antitrust violation?
> --
> No one should use [MS] Windows anymore, I've gotten so spoiled by
> not using it that it just drives me up the wall now.
>                         -- Liz Muth
> ~~ Matt Caron ~~

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