An analogy to TPM If TPM is considered to be a sort of bullet-proof jacket -- to be precise: a jacket that is 'deemed to be bullet-proof', and if 'circumventing' the jacket means firing a (special) bullet through it, then we have an analogy to TPM. Continuing the analogy, if a special bullet penetrated a jacket (deemed to be bullet-proof) which was being worn by a person at the time (think: copy-protected), then the person would probably suffer a serious wound. In this analogy, the government's position would not just prohibit shooting at jackets (deemed to be bullet-proof) being worn, but jackets (deemed to be bullet-proof) hanging on a clothes-rack, being tested at an independent jacket-testing laboratory, and so-on. It would, as well as 'protecting' 'rightful' jacket-wearers, also protect illegitimate jacket-wearers (ie patent or copyright *infringers*). /Dave Dawson There is some interesting chatter on other forums that might be worth looking at, and participating in the comments. Mr Corcoran is influential for that generation that still reads newspapers (which is most of our politicians), and those on the political "right" that are currently in government. He is a good example of the type of technologically illiterate people within the content industry that are being used as powerful pawns in the "Copyfight".
In the order they were published: Terence Corcoran: Copyright lockdown http://opinion.financialpost.com/2012/03/13/terence-corcoran-copyright-%C2%ADlockdown/ - Mr Corcoran's commentary on those of us who are rightfully disagreeing with the lockdown that was already in C-11 in the form of non-owner digital locks, as well as the SOPA type provisions that were threatened (but didn't yet get included in Canadian law). Audio Podcast #129: Digitally Locked http://searchengine.tvo.org/blog/search-engine-blog/audio-podcast-129-digitally-locked - audio blog by Jesse Brown interviewing Financial Post editor Terence Corcoran theoreticaly on digital locks. There are some interesting ongoing discussion in comments. Technological measures in a land of myth and a time of magic http://c11.ca/5448 - my longer blog reply to Jesse's interview, where I comment on whether I would agree with Mr Corcoran if there was actually some magic technology that worked the way he mistakenly thought technological measures did. -- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! http://l.c11.ca/ict "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or portable media player from my cold dead hands!" http://c11.ca/own _______________________________________________ fsfc-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss _______________________________________________ fsfc-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss
