master5o1
December 13th, 2008, 04:16 AM
The following is based on what I can remember from reading various sources of information some time ago.
Imagine this:
You buy a book, but it comes in Russian and the publisher offers to let you have an interpreter read it to you, as long as you have it read only in your dining room and/or to a maximum of five rooms of your house.
Scenario One:
On the second time you get your interpreter to read you this story, you write out what the interpreter was reading to you (write in plain English).
Scenario Two:
You start learning Russian and have now become fluent enough to not need the interpreter.
After taking up either scenario you decide, wow, I don't need this interpreter so I can now read this book anywhere I like, as many times as I like, and since (scenario one) it's now in English, I can lend it to a friend.
If you did this with DRM-laden media then the scenarios would be this:
Scenario One: Circumventing the DRM by copying from the unencrypted stream (from ram or somewhere) and creating a new file (i.e. OGG)
Scenario Two: Breaking the DRM (like DeCSS / libdvdcss2) so you can use the same file without the necessary platform provided by the distributer (i.e. iTunes).
In both scenarios one would be sued by the distributer (Apple and/or RIA).
Scenario three: Using the same algorithm as the distributer's platform (iTunes) to listen to the media (El Tunes style).
This scenario is also considered illegal under "DRM Circumvention". How is it circumvention when it is only allowing the iTunes store account holder to listen to their music (on Linux)?
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Imagine this:
You buy a book, but it comes in Russian and the publisher offers to let you have an interpreter read it to you, as long as you have it read only in your dining room and/or to a maximum of five rooms of your house.
Scenario One:
On the second time you get your interpreter to read you this story, you write out what the interpreter was reading to you (write in plain English).
Scenario Two:
You start learning Russian and have now become fluent enough to not need the interpreter.
After taking up either scenario you decide, wow, I don't need this interpreter so I can now read this book anywhere I like, as many times as I like, and since (scenario one) it's now in English, I can lend it to a friend.
If you did this with DRM-laden media then the scenarios would be this:
Scenario One: Circumventing the DRM by copying from the unencrypted stream (from ram or somewhere) and creating a new file (i.e. OGG)
Scenario Two: Breaking the DRM (like DeCSS / libdvdcss2) so you can use the same file without the necessary platform provided by the distributer (i.e. iTunes).
In both scenarios one would be sued by the distributer (Apple and/or RIA).
Scenario three: Using the same algorithm as the distributer's platform (iTunes) to listen to the media (El Tunes style).
This scenario is also considered illegal under "DRM Circumvention". How is it circumvention when it is only allowing the iTunes store account holder to listen to their music (on Linux)?
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