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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
Steve,
You miss the point...
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No, no, I
did get the point. I
agree with your description of how it can be applied. My only concern is that it won't stop piracy, any more than any other form of DRM that has been discussed elsewhere on these forums.
DRM's tying people to specific devices is actually a
side-effect of the actual intent, which is to prevent illegal sharing... which DRM doesn't do well. Encryption may make it easier for the user to specify as many devices as he owns to read a file, but it still doesn't prevent illegal sharing well (because, as you pointed out, the encryption can still be removed).
If it won't do the real job, which is to prevent illegal sharing... if it's essentially no better than writing your name on the inside of a book's cover,
in pencil... then I'm not sure why it should be used. Yes, it's more flexible than many other DRM systems, but beyond that, it has little impact.
I do agree, though, that it probably will placate many consumers who do not like the present "lose a device, lose all my content" DRM systems... it does have that going for it. If vendors insist on some form of DRM, it might as well be encryption-key-based, to make it more palatable.