Comments on: From Swords to Writs to Bits http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4981 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:56:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4981/comment-page-1#comment-14478 Reader's Write Tue, 31 May 2005 01:38:47 +0000 #comment-14478 nope, he basically detailed the failure of encryption in most markets, and the general insult it is to consumers, then went on to other means of ensuring compensation, such as the fact that as software production online becomes more mature updates will become more continuous, updates which will not work on so called "pirated" copies. I think from what i've seen so far it's a brilliant analysis, even if the speculation is admitted by the author himself to be bounded by improperly physical rationales. nope, he basically detailed the failure of encryption in most markets, and the general insult it is to consumers, then went on to other means of ensuring compensation, such as the fact that as software production online becomes more mature updates will become more continuous, updates which will not work on so called “pirated” copies.

I think from what i’ve seen so far it’s a brilliant analysis, even if the speculation is admitted by the author himself to be bounded by improperly physical rationales.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4981/comment-page-1#comment-14417 Reader's Write Sat, 28 May 2005 22:29:36 +0000 #comment-14417 So, essentially, he's advocating sweeping DRM schemes? Perhaps I'm wrong in reading that from this (after all, it did go on a bit...well, quite a bit). A lot was pseudo-intellectual fluff, but it seems that it ultimately fell into the "encryption" trap like everyone else. So, essentially, he’s advocating sweeping DRM schemes?

Perhaps I’m wrong in reading that from this (after all, it did go on a bit…well, quite a bit). A lot was pseudo-intellectual fluff, but it seems that it ultimately fell into the “encryption” trap like everyone else.

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