[BC] Digital Rights Management vs Security and Reliability

[Fred Gleason]

There's a rather thought-provoking article over on Groklaw right now that 
makes for interesting reading, particularly in light of the recent Sony/BMG 
RootKit fiasco:

	http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060111184253232

This quote summarizes the essence well:

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The widespread use of standard computer products to control all sorts of 
important systems is being ignored and DRM is being introduced as if there 
was no role for computers except as personal entertainment devices and as if 
computer users were purely consumers of prepackaged ?content?.
*** snip snip ***

As an industry, we are heavily dependent upon IT systems as the basic tools by 
which we get our daily work done.  What happens when DRM comes built into the 
hardware and our production/automation systems start getting accorded the 
same sort of 'rights' as a teenager looking for a Britney Spears download?

Cheers!


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