[DMCA-Activists] A glimpse of your DRM future

[Matthew Caron]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4477138,00.html

In short:

1.) Guy rips CD's using Windows Media Player, and forgets to turn the
"Copy Protection" option off.

2.) Guy copies files off machine.

3.) Guy reloads machine

4.) Guy puts files back.

5.) Files no longer play.

Now, the article talks about ways to get around it, even to stop it from
happening in the first pace, but:

1.) What if there is no "copy protection" option anymore in WMP?
2.) What if WMP is the only Palladium "trusted app" so another app is
out of the question?
3.) Given 2, what if therefore WMP is the only way to play CD's?

Sounds to me like a central licensing authority will know every time you
rip a CD, and play a ripped CD.

And, of course, we won't even get into the fact that forging the
necessary licenses to play the music, or reverse engineering the file
format to dump it to another type (if possible) is a violation of the
DMCA...
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                        - Matt and Liz
~~ Matt Caron ~~