http://benlog.com/articles/2006/08/06/drm-failure-by-presumption-of-guilt/ crypto applied to public policy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:10:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://benlog.com/articles/2006/08/06/drm-failure-by-presumption-of-guilt/#comment-238274 Greg To Differ - Points, Counterpoints, stories from Asia and general stuff that interests me. It might even interest you. » NIN: Leading a Musical Revolution Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:05:54 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2006/08/06/drm-failure-by-presumption-of-guilt/#comment-238274 [...] It gives the fans what they want in a variety of options (and no fucking around with the failed DRM restrictions that the music industry disastrously tried to impose), and cuts out the middle man so [...] [...] It gives the fans what they want in a variety of options (and no fucking around with the failed DRM restrictions that the music industry disastrously tried to impose), and cuts out the middle man so [...]

]]> http://benlog.com/articles/2006/08/06/drm-failure-by-presumption-of-guilt/#comment-99630 Benlog » Windows Genuine Advantage: Guilty until Proven Innocent Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:01:33 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2006/08/06/drm-failure-by-presumption-of-guilt/#comment-99630 [...] say, the authentication servers fail? Well, by the natural principles of secure system design, (and as I’ve written before) the default policy is “deny.” Windows can’t contact the WGA servers? You must be [...] [...] say, the authentication servers fail? Well, by the natural principles of secure system design, (and as I’ve written before) the default policy is “deny.” Windows can’t contact the WGA servers? You must be [...]

]]> http://benlog.com/articles/2006/08/06/drm-failure-by-presumption-of-guilt/#comment-10857 » Presumed Innocence:Why Watermarking is the Digital Content Security Solution Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:23:03 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2006/08/06/drm-failure-by-presumption-of-guilt/#comment-10857 [...] CSS (content scramble system) was hacked by a teenager in Norway just weeks after its release. . Even Apple has gotten push back on its DRM strategy with the iTunes and iPod offerings. [...] [...] CSS (content scramble system) was hacked by a teenager in Norway just weeks after its release. . Even Apple has gotten push back on its DRM strategy with the iTunes and iPod offerings. [...]

]]> http://benlog.com/articles/2006/08/06/drm-failure-by-presumption-of-guilt/#comment-10630 » It isn’t just a technical problem Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:18:59 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2006/08/06/drm-failure-by-presumption-of-guilt/#comment-10630 [...] Naturally you can pay big bucks to various analysts to get their reports that explain the challenges to existing business models that DRM is supposed to answer. And there are whole organizations focused on the subject. And this post where a previously happy user of a locked silo DRM recounts his discovery of the underlying thinking in the schemes- you are presumed guilty. Especially sharp point “DRM is the only technology which is entirely dedicated to disabling features for the primary user of the application. How weird that we’re spending brain and computer cycles on forcefully removing features?”. And it isn’t just brains and machine resources that are invested. This 2003 post by Bill Rosenblatt, a paid consultant to the DRM enterprises, explains why it isn’t content companies paying for this reduction in capability, although it is clear that Bill thinks they should. [...] [...] Naturally you can pay big bucks to various analysts to get their reports that explain the challenges to existing business models that DRM is supposed to answer. And there are whole organizations focused on the subject. And this post where a previously happy user of a locked silo DRM recounts his discovery of the underlying thinking in the schemes- you are presumed guilty. Especially sharp point “DRM is the only technology which is entirely dedicated to disabling features for the primary user of the application. How weird that we’re spending brain and computer cycles on forcefully removing features?”. And it isn’t just brains and machine resources that are invested. This 2003 post by Bill Rosenblatt, a paid consultant to the DRM enterprises, explains why it isn’t content companies paying for this reduction in capability, although it is clear that Bill thinks they should. [...]

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