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Enabling DRM in the kernel?Enabling DRM in the kernel?Posted May 21, 2009 13:03 UTC (Thu) by fritsd (guest, #43411)Parent article: Enabling DRM in the kernel?
I'm fine with this as long as *BEFORE* it is in the mainline kernel, the developed world has laws forbidding the sale of a general purpose computer whose DRM keys are not under the control of the buyer.
Think about it: Hollywood could start selling "special-purpose video watching computers", medical companies could sell "special-purpose locked-down ISO-13485 compliant medical devices" but at least you'd know what you're buying.
At this moment, the purchase of a general purpose computer carries the unwritten assumption that this computer is for your own use and that you can do with it what you want (as long as you don't break any laws).
Voting computers are just a really, really bad idea in general, IMHO:
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Enabling DRM in the kernel? Posted May 21, 2009 16:11 UTC (Thu) by copsewood (subscriber, #199) [Link]
I think the law proposed would make selling Vista illegal ? While such a law might be a good idea in principle, I don't see it happening in practice due to extensive corporate lobbying influence and very widespread public ignorance on the issue. Until then the best defence is likely to be the possibly future viral and indispensible nature of the GPL version 3.
Enabling DRM in the kernel? Posted May 22, 2009 5:13 UTC (Fri) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link] Think about it: Hollywood could start selling "special-purpose video watching computers"Hmm, isn't this already done? They are called "DVD players" (or "Blu-ray players"). Theoretically hardware, but much of the functionality in them is really implemented by a computer and software. The Blu-ray system even requires the player to be able to run Java bytecode programs from the disc, and some players include networking.
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