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DATE | 2002-09-20 |
FROM | Jonathan Bober
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Now, it's getting scary, and FAST
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From owner-hangout-desteny-at-mrbrklyn.com Fri Sep 20 14:37:10 2002 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id g8KIbAqu011656 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:37:10 -0400 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g8KIbAIZ011655 for hangout-desteny; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:37:10 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from mx1.nyu.edu (MX1.NYU.EDU [128.122.108.102]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id g8KIbAqu011650 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:37:10 -0400 Received: from ziggy (O49-69.DATANET.NYU.EDU [216.165.49.69]) by mx1.nyu.edu (Switch-2.2.1/Switch-2.2.0) with SMTP id g8KIcIP17452; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:38:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:36:38 -0500 From: Jonathan Bober To: Ray Connolly Cc: hangout-at-nylxs.com Subject: Re: [hangout] Now, it's getting scary, and FAST Message-Id: <20020920143638.3e110210.jwb235-at-nyu.edu> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jonathan Bober List: New Yorkers Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribename-at-domian.com to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Evolution: 0000006b-0000 Content-Length: 4266 Lines: 90 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4274
What is the source on this story?
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:41:15 -0400 Ray Connolly wrote:
> > This is getting out of hand bretheren. It's a sad day when this American > hopes a foriegn company will see the light and save us. What is this country > coming too!!!! > > Palladium: Now AMD joins the party > Date: Friday, September 20 -at- 10:07:32 EDT > Topic: News > > Advanced Micro Devices will include Microsoft's Palladium "trusted" -- > meaning Microsoft-approved software only -- support in its next generation > of chips, according to published reports. > > The Opteron chip, to be released in 2003, will refuse to run applications or > display content that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft or one if > its designees. This, Microsoft says, will increase security. Certainly it > will increase the security of Microsoft Corporation and its shareholders. > > While a Microsoft project, Palladium is nominally under the control of the > Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, of which AMD is a member. > > AMD has been working toward Palladium compliance for some time as a result > of pressure from the motion picture and music industries. It has worked with > Wave Systems Corporation to achieve this end; Wave published a report (pdf > file) on the subject more than two years ago. > > In a report in The Age entitled "Bit by bit, digital freedom disappears", > writer Nathan Cochrane notes that Palladium will be all-encompassing: > > "For the end-to-end security features to work as envisioned by the TCPA, all > parties along the network chain must build in complementary security > features. Chips from the likes of AMD and Intel will only decode > information, such as audio and video, if it comes with an unlocking key. > Hard-drive makers will make drives that won't record certain types of > information, and so on." > > But, Cochrane says, it scarcely stops there, as if that were not bad enough: > > "It is envisaged that once the TCPA system is fully functioning, our PCs > would quietly report to authorities any unauthorised content on our > machines. PCs and other devices would also refuse to play content, such as a > music CD, tied to another device, and may be instructed by a remote server > to delete information from the owner's hard drive." > > At issue, of course, is what constitutes "content," and what Palladium will > do with applications that do not accept instructions from the motion picture > and recording industries and, of course, from Microsoft itself. Microsoft > has already released a Media Player update that allows the company to delete > files from user machines. > > AMD's "vice president of consumer advocacy," Patrick Moorhead, says that > concerns over privacy in connection with Palladium are overrated. But, he > says, users should be able to defeat Palladium if they choose. > > That might not be so easy. If legislation sponsored by Sen. Ernest Hollings, > Democrat of South Carolina, is approved, there could be federal prison time > awaiting anyone who disables "security" features his legislation would > mandate. The bill calls for adoption of whatever is the "industry standard" > technology for protecting the copyrighted work of movie and music companies, > which more and more looks as if it will be Palladium. (An analysis of > Hollings's proposal is here.) > > If AMD persists in including Palladium in its new chips, the leading safe > haven for those who run non-Microsoft software will disappear. Unknown is > whether European and other nations, who have increasingly rejected the > Microsoft monopoly, will enact legislation that pre-empts Palladium. > > Let your voice be heard, here's an email address at AMD: hw.support-at-amd.com > > If somebody finds a better one please post it. > ____________________________ > New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > Fair Use - > because it's either fair use or useless....
-- Ten years from now, your children will ask you, "Daddy, where were you when they took libraries away?" What will YOUR answer be? Fight Draconian Media Copyright Abuse. ____________________________ New Yorker Free Software Users Scene Fair Use - because it's either fair use or useless....
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