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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Maybe what is needed is a "digital files license," a private key registered to you, verifiable (connected to you through some official database outside of the access of commercial interests), unique (one to a person), and attached to any digital files you might buy (software, music, e-books, etc).
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The problem with the above is that there would need to be a SINGLE third party to manage this. You think they would do it for free? Microsoft tried this with Passport. It was a great idea, and much needed... a single login authenticator which would just pass a yea or nea to the web site... the web site never saw your password, so they couldn't use it.
But, passport failed because no one wanted to pay microsoft to use it.
Microsoft tried to create a DRM scheme that was ubiquitious for Music called PlaysForSure. They actually licensed this one for pretty cheap I think. Many players supported it... But, it failed, because iPod and iTunes was so compelling everyone used that. iPod did NOT support PlaysForSure and no other player supports Apples "fair play" (which is in now way fair since it is proprietary).
We just need the eBook publishers to look at the music industry and see how much digital purchasing has increased since iTunes went to unprotected MP3's and now Amazon sells em too.
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