Intel to include DRM in new Pentium 4 series processors

[Peter Fairbrother]

Brian Gladman wrote:
 
[much snips]
> I expect the following to be true:

> (b) A remote agent requires the explicit permission of the PC owner in order
> to install a 'trusted box'.

So? Seen the recent Windoze EULA's? Dream on, if you think that'll make any
difference.

> (d) A code of ethics on the use of these features will be published and
> 'agreed' by the community at large.

But they aren't "ethical", are they, else why did M$ loose the case. A
technologically enforced code of behaviour might be acceptable, but relying
on the "ethics" of the likes of M$ and Disnae' is a road to slavery.

>(TCPA
> specifications are openly available).

but they're nigh on incomprehensible, say very little definitively, and are
subject to major changes at the whim of the cartel.



What's needed is an EU law, like food labelling laws, to make it illegal to
sell computer parts without publishing a complete specification of how they
work/ what they do. And outlawing closed, proprietary file formats. And
outlawing NDA's, at least for products in production. Then the rest (non M$)
of us can work on a level playing field, and ignore this monopolistic sh*t.

-- Peter Fairbrother