Meet SUPER DRM !!!
p2pnet news | DRM:- Could there ever be an instant, one-stop, universal, Super DRM, able to remove copyrighted content in a single bound?
“Viacom – and many other media conglomerates – would love to see something along the lines of The One Filter emerge – something that would instantly swat any video on any site on the Internet that Big Content’s filters believe is infringing,” says Ars Technica in a story which kicks off with:
Last week, Google finally unveiled the long-awaited copyrighted content filter for popular video-sharing destination YouTube. While Viacom is presumably happy to see video fingerprinting technology finally arrive at YouTube, the entertainment giant says it would be much happier with an industry-standard system.
In other words, Viacom is looking for universal filtering regardless of context and purpose.
Ain’t they all.
Unfortunately, DRM is no more than a corporate entertainment cartel Wet DReamM. Always has been, and always will be because the simple truth is: if it can be seen or heard, it can be copied and if it’s good and/or interesting, it’ll be almost instantly cracked to show up somewhere online.
Meanwhile, “as we pointed out last week, automated filters don’t understand fair use,” says Ars Technica. “Although an open-standard, automated system that relies on digital fingerprints may do a bang-up job flagging and removing an uploaded clip, it’s not going to understand when a copyrighted video is being used for education purposes, criticism, or parody.
“When Big Content is already issuing bad takedown requests when humans are involved, we shudder to imagine what happens when the task is put in the hands of software. Do you think it will be programmed to play it safe? Neither do we.”
Also See:
Ars Technica – Viacom’s true desire: one copyright filter to rule them all, October 22, 2007
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October 23rd, 2007 at 10:10 am
OMG!! I’m quivering with excitement!
Monetize! Monetize! Monetize!
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:30 am
What they need to do to get the mass mainstream idiots to adopt DRM is to gradually introduce it and turn it on. Then they can slowly steal our fair use privileges away. Look for this behavior in the future.
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:42 pm
My sure-fire way to stop all piracy:
Make music, movie, book, etc.
Produce product under armed gaurd. Shoot on sight anyone that looks suspicious.
Apply most draconian DRM to product.
Kill all people involved with product after production finished.
Get new guards.
Put product in box.
Put box in salt mine with sensitive government documents, etc.
Lock mine.
Post lots of guards, shoot on sight anyone that looks suspicious.
Get new guards.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Job done! Guaranteed never to be pirated.
October 24th, 2007 at 6:13 am
At the above post…..that company just made their security so expensive that they would go BROKE!
Good one.