Actually I meant for the data to be
behind the microprocessor, and the microprocessor's program would take a look at what it was connected to, and decide whether to open up or just shut down and stop talking or listening to anything until it's pulled & plugged again. One of the things that would make it clam up would be trying to access it progammatically.
I get that you're catagorically opposed to any and all DRM, rlauzon -- I even agree that we would be better off without it. I'm also getting the idea that you believe that there isn't
any way that copy protection of
any sort can work in a way that protects the content owner's rights as well as the customer's.
I just don't know
nearly enough about the area to confidently reach that conclusion. There are simply too many possibilities for me to decline to examine them. I figure, who knows? Something
might actually work.
I'm also pragmatic enough to accept that for the nonce we're going to have to deal with
some sort of DRM, even if it's just to the extent of choosing not to read certain texts so that as to not support their DRM. All we're doing here is trying to generate ideas that might get us a better balance than we have now.
And since it's rather unlikely that we're actually going to come up with any solution (however perfect it might be) here that anyone who makes such decisions is going to jump on any time soon, I suppose what we're
really doing is passing time until the electronic-reader device of our individual choice comes out and we can return quietly to our lairs and read in peace.
Now I'm off to the meditation thread.
