XBox 360: A harbinger of the PC lockdown to come? (ZDNet) [LWN.net]

XBox 360: A harbinger of the PC lockdown to come? (ZDNet)

Posted Nov 29, 2005 18:11 UTC (Tue) by danielpf (subscriber, #4723)
Parent article: XBox 360: A harbinger of the PC lockdown to come? (ZDNet)

Locked down PC's will open a market for DRM free computers
made somewhere in emergent countries...

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XBox 360: A harbinger of the PC lockdown to come? (ZDNet)

Posted Nov 29, 2005 19:15 UTC (Tue) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link]

That will then be illegal to import into various countries for some reason that will be made up later.

XBox 360: A harbinger of the PC lockdown to come? (ZDNet)

Posted Nov 29, 2005 23:25 UTC (Tue) by bk (guest, #25617) [Link]

Could it not be argued then that DRM-free PCs are copyright-infringement devices and therefore are illegal under the DMCA?

XBox 360: A harbinger of the PC lockdown to come? (ZDNet)

Posted Nov 30, 2005 9:46 UTC (Wed) by danielpf (subscriber, #4723) [Link]

Sure.

But besides the US there are ~200 countries, many of them are
not encumbered by large corporate lobbies and some of them
might find economic advantage to foster personal freedoms.
The point is that the technology to make simple normal
computers will be more and more accessible to third world
countries, particularly with the availablility of open
source software.

XBox 360: A harbinger of the PC lockdown to come? (ZDNet)

Posted Nov 30, 2005 13:50 UTC (Wed) by AAP (guest, #721) [Link]

But, will full-featured (non-DRM) computers be available in certain "first-world" countries? Since many of us live in such a country, that's a relevant question.