Or even use VMWare, and use the Gimp to do screen capture! [LWN.net]

Or even use VMWare, and use the Gimp to do screen capture!

Posted Sep 11, 2003 8:46 UTC (Thu) by Frank.Murphy (guest, #3806)
In reply to: How does this truely keep information locked up? by frazier
Parent article: An opening for OpenOffice.org

The fact that it can be read means that it can be copied. Run it in VMWare, then do screen capture. Might even be automatable.

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Or even use VMWare, and use the Gimp to do screen capture!

Posted Sep 11, 2003 18:00 UTC (Thu) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link]

Well, people have said some scary things like video signals will have to be
encrypted and monitors will only be able to decode them if they are
licensed. Cut-and-paste will use DRM because it goes through the operating
system.

Of course they really can't stop you from taking a picture of the screen or
something like that. A while back there was some talk of "closing the
analog loophole", which is ironic of course because all of this DRM is
supposedly because "digital information is different".

Or even use VMWare, and use the Gimp to do screen capture!

Posted Sep 18, 2003 12:34 UTC (Thu) by forthy (guest, #1525) [Link]

Closing the analog loophole... I suppose they want to add digital fingerprints to DRM'd images, and add fingerprint detection software to digital cameras, camcorders and all the like, so that they stop recording when they see a protected image.

And for sure, you can't use VMWare to run Longhorn or that like, because it will want an untampered TPM, not a simulated one...

This all sounds so stupid that you can't imagine people being serious about it. But apparently they are. And don't forget: Resistance is futile. If you are a supplyer, and your customer demands you to accept IRM-protected documents, you can either install Windows or lose the contract. A lot of business works because "the customer is always right". That's a sad thing, since it applies even when the customer is obviously wrong.