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Editorial: Know Your Rights

Wouldn't it be ironic if the majority of the world's digital content was created on Macs, then promptly encrypted in a way that meant that Macs couldn't read them?
This is one of the possible pieces of fallout from Microsoft's plan to implement a new digital rights management scheme in Palladium, its next revision of Windows. The plan calls for 'secure' encryption to be built in to every chip made by AMD and Intel, making it impossible to move copyright files from one machine to another.
The fact is that the era of being able to copy other people's copyright material is rapidly drawing to a close. The companies that make their profits from intellectual property - record companies, film companies and publishers of all kinds - have too much to lose to allow free copying forever. They know that legal moves like the ones that have effectively closed Audiogalaxy and Napster will only get them so far. And copy-protected CDs have proved to be unpopular and easy to crack.
So instead, the media moguls are looking to the computer itself, attempting to recreate it as a device they can trust. Clearly, Bill Gates has seen the writing on the wall. US senators, encouraged by the entertainment industry, have recently made moves to force computer makers to deliver a machine that can't distribute copyright media. Microsoft has obviously decided that it's better to act than to be forced to act, and has pre-empted Congress passing laws about what computers can do.
If Apple wants to stay in business, and Microsoft is successful, it will also introduce a 'Palladium-compatible' system. If there are secure media formats used by the entertainment industry, Macs will have to be able to play them. Of course, like Microsoft, it will emphasise the positive points of this kind of management system, like better security for files and protection against viruses and spam. But copy protection will be there, built in to your Mac.
What the media companies don't realise, though, is that the computer and the Internet have other effects that will ultimately break their power. Media businesses have relied on being the only people with the power to get content produced, distributed and publicised. However, computers are now powerful enough to create almost any content, from words to music to films. The Internet allows anyone to promote and distribute that content to millions of people, so it won't matter if the idea comes from a company, or an individual.
Copy protection may even ensure that smaller content creators get paid directly for some of their work, as it will allow them to distribute some content for free, and some as 'paid for'. This will mean they can make a career from their work without having to sell their souls to a big conglomerate. All it will take is a few popular artists going down the completely independent route, and the behemoth that is the entertainment industry may start to crumble.

Ian Betteridge