MS Patent for DRM OS

[Martin Keegan]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Casper Dik wrote:

> >So the things they should have been doing years ago to protect our data
> >and security, they'll do now to protect RIAA's copyrights....
> 
> Looks like this is just Mandatory Access Control under
> a different name and with a very limited scope (two labels).
> 
> The difference being that with MAC the administrators wants
> the labels to be enforced; with DRM OS, the adminstrator is
> not necessarily so inclined.

It has long been a source of concern for me that MS's signed drivers
system might one day be used to control what programmes users can run on
their computers, and that ultimately there might be market demand for a
system which let people not worry about viruses and trojans etc, trading
off security for local control. A similar system could be used for DRM.

Mk