[ILUG] Question on an encryption system (using OSS)

[Justin Mason]

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Ah come on, this is DRM 101!

The problem is -- once *one* person breaks that high "barrier to copying",
they can then produce a version of the product that's DRM-free and easily
copiable.   That version is then the one that's placed on P2P networks.

That exact scenario has been going on since the days of the Apple II.

- --j.

Braun Brelin writes:
> It's not designed to be foolproof, just enough to make the barrier to 
> copying high enough to satisfy the big media boys...
> 
> I know that DRM is essentially a no-win proposition, but until the 
> thickheads at Sony, Paramount, etc figure that out, there's not much I can 
> do. 
> 
> Braun
> 
> On 9/13/05, Paul Jakma <paul at clubi.ie> wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Braun Brelin wrote:
> > 
> > > The concept is that I want people to be able to download the files,
> > > but, if they want to view them, then they have to go through me to
> > > get the key. The reason I want to use P2P is so that I don't have
> > > to eat the costs of transferring the data. Braun
> > 
> > How much do you care about the key being common and ending up on P2P?
> > :) Even if you figure out a way to do it, what about the user putting
> > the decrypted file on P2P?
> > 
> > Some other model, which does not rely on the file itself to keep
> > users honest, may be other - as someone else pointed out.
> > 
> > regards,
> > --
> > Paul Jakma paul at clubi.ie paul at jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A
> > Fortune:
> > Information Processing:
> > What you call data processing when people are so disgusted with
> > it they won't let it be discussed in their presence.
> >
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