24 Nov 2006
Trusted or Treacherous Computing?

Apparently, we shan't ever be allowed to own media - it's all going to be licensed, and what few rights we have left under current copyright law will go the way of the dodo.

Just because Richard Stallman is paranoid doesn't mean Microsoft's not out to get you. For a hint about the possible end-game of Microsoft's Trusted Computing Initiative, check out the patent application published Thanksgiving Day for Trusted License Removal, in which Microsoft describes how to revoke rights to render based on 'who the user is, where the user is located, what type of computing device or other playback device the user is using, what rendering application is calling the copy protection system, the date, the time, etc.' So much for Microsoft's you-should-have-control assurances.

(link) [Slashdot]

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