[advocacy] DRM in OGG - A Proposal

[Tim Ivorson]

> It can't work if only 50% of music is sold via DRM, especially if the small 
> labels without DRM have the best new music. That's why the content industry 
> wants hardware-enforced content policing, like Palladium. It'll be because it 
> won't be optional, not because software-only DRM is easier to crack.  
> Fortunately there's more than one CPU manufacturer in the world and a genuine 
> choice in operating systems...

AIUI it should be possible to completely disable hardware support for TCPA systems (like Palladium), the only (negative) side-effect being that you won't be able to access audio/video/pictures/text that has been designed to require a TCPA system. The stuff that is designed to require a TCPA system will almost certainly use the kind of DRM that infringes consumers' rights, but more importantly it will tie users into a system that takes away their privacy and their control over what their computers do. We ought not to support TCPA-requiring audio/video/pictures/text, even if it doesn't necessarily infringe consumers' rights with respect to audio/video/pictures/text.

Tim Ivorson
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