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Date: 2000-02-12
DVDs, Linux & analoges Mobbing-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Film/medien/konzerne gegen den Erfindungsreichtum der [digitalen] Conditio Humana - schleppt sich alles so dahin. Einschüchterungsbriefe der MPAA an deutsche Online- Magazine, die einen Link auf *Berichte" über den Kopierschutz legen und Provider aus AT - die Antwort kann nur sein: Dass auf den Linux Demo Days am 17. Februar nicht nur in Linz DVDs unter Linux laufen werden http://service.quintessenz.at/linux/ -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- The fascinating developments in the DVD DeCSS affair have been reported from several angles. However, two points of view seem to have emerged to the exclusion of other important realities. One side claims the other are hackers, bent on pirating copyright DVD material and misappropriating trade secrets in order to do so. The other side claims that reverse engineering is a legitimate expression of free speech, and that in any case, a disk can be pirated simply by doing a bit-for-bit clone, without the need for decryption. It is quite clear, I think, that the motivation of those who have reverse-engineered the inner workings of the content scrambling system was that darn human curiosity which marks us as a species. And the Internet has made it pretty darn near impossible to pop the genie back into the bottle. So why are the plaintiffs bothering?. At best they would appear to create a bunch of martyrs, and at worst they will lose control of a valuable trade secret. [...] What DeCSS lets the consortium do is determine who will make players, and on what terms, and who will provide content. If you can neither encrypt or decrypt the bit stream, you are locked out of both markets. If you purchase a license to use the technology, then the consortium has a way of controlling your actions. Want to sell a player that doesn't honour region codes?. Hmm, maybe we'll revoke your license. Or maybe yes, of course, but you gotta charge three grand for it. Want to produce content - well, you need a license to produce the encrypted bitstream that will go on a disk, or you'll have to deal with someone who does. This is a handy way of exercising future control, is it not?. After all, you might be allowed to produce content only playable in region 1, thus controlling your distribution, or perhaps competitors of the consortium members might find unexpected 'capacity problems' in getting their product onto DVD. But without DeCSS, this control vanishes and a great many ricebowls are broken. The consortium always knew that someone would break into the system. They probably planned exactly what they'd do, ahead of time. [...] More http://linuxtoday.com/stories/16556.html -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- relayed by Kristian Koehntopp via debate@fitug.de -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 2000-02-12 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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