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fjtorres · 02-21-2013, 07:23 AM

There are Open Source encryption algorithms but encryption is only a part of a functional DRM system. And anyway that is not what they're asking for; what they really want is for the court to undo 6 years of open market competition and reset the industry to zero so they can do now what they didn't have the vision to do then.
Because, "it turns out ebooks aren't just a techie fad after all..."
The kindest thing I can say is that they are either getting real bad legal advise or prime candidates for a Darwin Award.

02-21-2013, 07:23 AM	#13
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	There are Open Source encryption algorithms but encryption is only a part of a functional DRM system. And anyway that is not what they're asking for; what they really want is for the court to undo 6 years of open market competition and reset the industry to zero so they can do now what they didn't have the vision to do then. Because, "it turns out ebooks aren't just a techie fad after all..." The kindest thing I can say is that they are either getting real bad legal advise or prime candidates for a Darwin Award. Last edited by fjtorres; 02-21-2013 at 07:25 AM.