Nah, because the technology-friendly minority of the world's population will figure out both how to crack the DRM, and how to produce one-click tools which strip the DRM from crap-ridden files they've downloaded.
The world rejoices! > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Lockwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 June 2007 14:23 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info > > You know, I'd guess that people who couldn't pass an ECDL or > CLAIT course would have difficulty working out how to crack > DRM. So, if there are so many people in the country that > couldn't pass, maybe DRM's not as useless as we all think > when it comes to preventing casual copying (the equivalent of > "home taping")... > > INSERT INTO pigeons (cat) VALUES (true); > > :-) > > Cheers, > > R. > > On 6/16/07, vijay chopra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 16/06/07, Michael Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 16 June 2007 18:13, vijay chopra wrote: > > > > They don't need to know how a PC works, but I'll bet > many couldn't > > > > even pass an ECDL or CLAIT course (reflecting society > as a whole); > > > > I wouldn't claim to be able to plan a city without some > relevant qualifications. > > > > > > Do we really have to have these kinds of insulting accusations ? > > > > > > > > > Michael. > > > > How is saying that there are many (possibly most) people in > society, > > could not pass an ECDL or CLAIT course and this is thus > reflected into > > most professions and areas of life including the media an > "accusation" > > of any sort. > > It's plain fact, go and visit your local FE college and see howmany > > grown adults are on basic IT literacy courses and > struggling. I work > > in an FE college library and see these people day in, day out. > > > > Vijay. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > SilverDisc Ltd is registered in England no. 2798073 > > Registered address: > 4 Swallow Court, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6XX > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
