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Originally Posted by rlauzon
So the EU wants to trade monopoly for oligopoly?
"Open" DRM cannot exist. DRM requires a secret to work. If the DRM is open, then the secret is out, so the DRM cannot "protect" the content. The solution, then, is to make you join a "consortium" to obtain the secret so that you can work with the DRM.
Not much of an improvement, IHMO.
But, of course, the real use of DRM is to reduce customer choice and lock customers into a company. So I doubt that the EU's goals will ever be obtained.
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Oh! C'mon! Everyone knows what politicians want, politicians get - damn the consequences to the consumer public. Besides, a truly 'open' DRM scheme would be simple, efficient and easy to develop, right? That's what these politico's aides/industry-lobbyists are whispering in their ears and that *has* to be a 'good thing' for the consuming public, yes? I'm so thrilled I'm going to join the 'I believe they can' parade! Just as soon as 'wishing' makes me (Overnight! I've been PROMISED it can happen!) lose all 350 excess pounds of weight!!!
Yep, they got their heads in the sand up to their arse-holes on this one.
Derek