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Re: [dvd-discuss] Viant report (was Washington Post Article)



78v3rc001@sneakemail.com wrote:

>That really is golden. I read through the report just to see it for myself. It's on page 31 for others that may want to find it.
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>Phill K
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>From: microlenz@earthlink.net [eclectro/dvd4] 
>Subject: [dvd-discuss] Viant report (was Washington Post Article)
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>http://www.viant.com/pages2/pages/frame_thought_copyright.html
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>Here's a few nice exerpts...sorry about the formatting since it was pulled from a PDF file...that they hadn't exercised their DRM ability in the Adobe Acrobat to prevent me....
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>Moreover, DRM has the greatest odds of being effective if it is introduced subtly, so as not to present an obvious target of opportunity for hackers (who you know will crack it), but rather to convince non-partisan consumers who are uninterested
>in conflict or complexity that legitimate content is desirable and easy, rather than challenging and restrictive. What's needed is a "sneak attack."
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If their plan to implement "effective technical measures" is directly 
dependent on a "sneak attack", then speech that discloses the presence 
of a TPM is enough to run afoul of the DMCA.

mickeym