TCPA and Palladium

Aug. 16, 2002

Type: discussion

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BlankMore Microsoft nonsense…Corporate dominance over creative freedom.

'With existing MP3s, you may be all right for some time. Microsoft says tha=
t Palladium won't make anything suddenly stop working. But a recent softwar=
e update for Windows Media Player has caused controversy by insisting that =
users agree to future anti-piracy measures, which may include measures that=
delete pirated content found on your computer. Also, some programs that gi=
ve people more control over their PCs, such as VMware and Total Recorder, a=
re unlikely to work under TCPA. So you may have to use a different player -=
and if your player will play pirate MP3s, then it seems unlikely to be aut=
horised to play the new, protected, titles'.

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

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<DIV><STRONG>More Microsoft nonsense…Corporate dominance over creative
freedom.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>'With existing MP3s, you may be all right for some time. Micro=
soft
says that Palladium won't make anything suddenly stop working. But a recent=

software update for Windows Media Player has caused </STRONG><A
href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992483"><STRONG>=
controversy</STRONG></A><STRONG>
by insisting that users agree to future anti-piracy measures, which may inc=
lude
measures that delete pirated content found on your computer. Also, some pro=
grams
that give people more control over their PCs, such as </STRONG><A
href="http://www.vmware.com/"><STRONG>VMware</STRONG></A><STRONG> and
</STRONG><A href="http://www.highcriteria.com/"><STRONG>Total
Recorder</STRONG></A><STRONG>, are unlikely to work under TCPA. So you may =
have
to use a different player - and if your player will play pirate MP3s, then =
it
seems unlikely to be authorised to play the new, protected, titles'.</STRON=
G>
<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html"><STRONG>http://www.cl=
.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html</STRONG></A></DIV>
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