Comments on: Thumb-print DRM http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25959 Reader's Write Thu, 08 Dec 2005 09:14:33 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25959 All this DRM stuff is a complete waste of time, I mean it always sounds like the solution to copyright protection, but it like all the others it is flawed. Any player or software protection has to send the media to speakers/headphones or a screen. I mean you have to be able to see and hear the stuff right? You just need one person to buy this "Thumb-print DRM" or whatever new hype system they come up with next. Play thier legal media into a PC as if it was the speaker/headphone (plug it into your sound card). Record, save as mp3, upload the now completly unprotected media to your fav p2p program. Unless they can protect all the way, including the speakers/headphones there is no point. Even then whats to stop the ebil pirates using a mic. All this DRM stuff is a complete waste of time, I mean it always sounds like the solution to copyright protection, but it like all the others it is flawed.

Any player or software protection has to send the media to speakers/headphones or a screen. I mean you have to be able to see and hear the stuff right?

You just need one person to buy this “Thumb-print DRM” or whatever new hype system they come up with next. Play thier legal media into a PC as if it was the speaker/headphone (plug it into your sound card). Record, save as mp3, upload the now completly unprotected media to your fav p2p program.

Unless they can protect all the way, including the speakers/headphones there is no point. Even then whats to stop the ebil pirates using a mic.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25948 Reader's Write Thu, 08 Dec 2005 07:09:58 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25948 A very nice read, tony. Thank you for the link. A very nice read, tony. Thank you for the link.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25942 Reader's Write Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:42:04 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25942 Thumb print huh? You know i seem to remember an article of fooling finger print readers very easily. Ahhh here's a link, scroll down to "Fun with Fingerprint Readers". http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0205.html Yet again it's snake oil, all talk and no action. Thumb print huh? You know i seem to remember an article of fooling finger print readers very easily.

Ahhh here’s a link, scroll down to “Fun with Fingerprint Readers”.

http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0205.html

Yet again it’s snake oil, all talk and no action.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25925 Reader's Write Thu, 08 Dec 2005 02:27:17 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25925 Not only will I not be buying one of them, I will most probably drop any and all use of anything that requires one to use one. While this may be expensive equipment today, rest assured it won't stay that way if put into production. It is very feasible that the industry could and would put this sort of scheme into operation. Maybe at first on a very limited basis, but in the end you can see where this is exactly the wish of the cartels. Luckily there isn't much coming out of either Hollydud or from the cartels that is worth buying as far as today's offerings go. I am already a near non-customer to those cartels and something like this will seal the deal. It is unforetunate that the indies are also taking the brunt of this lack of being a customer. At present there is no way to be sure that you aren't buying a product that the labels have decided to disguise as indie. There are many labels out there now proclaiming to be indie and trace right back to the cartels. They will do anything to get that dollar including the misrepresention of who they are. Thank you but no thank you. I pass on this Orwellian 1984 scheme. My privacy is far more important to me than viewing a few movies or hearing a few songs. Not only will I not be buying one of them, I will most probably drop any and all use of anything that requires one to use one. While this may be expensive equipment today, rest assured it won’t stay that way if put into production. It is very feasible that the industry could and would put this sort of scheme into operation. Maybe at first on a very limited basis, but in the end you can see where this is exactly the wish of the cartels.

Luckily there isn’t much coming out of either Hollydud or from the cartels that is worth buying as far as today’s offerings go. I am already a near non-customer to those cartels and something like this will seal the deal. It is unforetunate that the indies are also taking the brunt of this lack of being a customer. At present there is no way to be sure that you aren’t buying a product that the labels have decided to disguise as indie. There are many labels out there now proclaiming to be indie and trace right back to the cartels. They will do anything to get that dollar including the misrepresention of who they are.

Thank you but no thank you. I pass on this Orwellian 1984 scheme. My privacy is far more important to me than viewing a few movies or hearing a few songs.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25918 Reader's Write Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:13:59 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7240#comment-25918 I won't be buying one then. Too bad for them I am a very aware and informed consumer. Thank you very much for nothing. I won’t be buying one then. Too bad for them I am a very aware and informed consumer. Thank you very much for nothing.

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