Vista premium content protection - yikes!
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This is a long but good read on the implications: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt[^] No I don't have a beef against Vista, as I said before I write software for whatever my users are using it's all the same to me, however I keep running across so many negative items about Vista every day on the net, items that are definitely more than FUD.
That sounds like some serious issues. If this really is true I would think many high-end sound and video labs and probably all medical imaging labs (especially the latter) will need to change to a *nix or OS X setup.
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This is a long but good read on the implications: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt[^] No I don't have a beef against Vista, as I said before I write software for whatever my users are using it's all the same to me, however I keep running across so many negative items about Vista every day on the net, items that are definitely more than FUD.
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This is a long but good read on the implications: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt[^] No I don't have a beef against Vista, as I said before I write software for whatever my users are using it's all the same to me, however I keep running across so many negative items about Vista every day on the net, items that are definitely more than FUD.
Sheesh, are we still in the 80's? What's with the ASCII-formatted plain text document? :rolleyes: I gave the article a cursory read through as best as I could (plaintext hurts my eyes, and content protection is not my speciality), but couldn't see what was so unique to Vista about it? Surely the same pros and cons exist with the newer DVD players and TVs with the content protection built in? They won't let you play protected content over an unsecure connection either -- effectively disabling those outputs automatically when protected content is played and reducing quality when targeting a non-compliant device. Ultimately the market will decide whether it takes off or is destined to die as another failed attempt at content protection (like every other attempt). I expect any unintentional problems will be resolved - we have had this level of fearmongering in the past and it proved anything but significant with hindsight. I for one will not be purchasing any protected content, and by law publishers will be required to label content as protected in the UK, and probably Europe. I am not convinced it will be entirely legal, especially if there turn out to be side-effects. Who knows, give it a few years and some big class action suits and the media giants might get the message. I wouldn't hold your breath though. :(
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This is a long but good read on the implications: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt[^] No I don't have a beef against Vista, as I said before I write software for whatever my users are using it's all the same to me, however I keep running across so many negative items about Vista every day on the net, items that are definitely more than FUD.
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Igor Vigdorchik wrote:
much shorter
Hmm... also much more shallow :) What the article from the original post excels at: detail how far reaching the content protection scheme reaches, how many components, industries etc. will be affected.
Igor Vigdorchik wrote:
and clearer
has created an umbrella content protection scheme known as AACS. If Windows is to play the new discs, Microsoft has little choice but to support AACS, which is where PVP-OPM comes in. According to Microsoft, PVP-OPM will prevent pirates from attaching recording devices directly to the PC graphics card's DVI or HDMI video outputs in order to capture a pristine digital copy of the disc's otherwise encrypted content. A related component, PVP-UAB, will prevent savvy computer owners from installing data capture cards... errr... eh...
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Igor Vigdorchik wrote:
much shorter
Hmm... also much more shallow :) What the article from the original post excels at: detail how far reaching the content protection scheme reaches, how many components, industries etc. will be affected.
Igor Vigdorchik wrote:
and clearer
has created an umbrella content protection scheme known as AACS. If Windows is to play the new discs, Microsoft has little choice but to support AACS, which is where PVP-OPM comes in. According to Microsoft, PVP-OPM will prevent pirates from attaching recording devices directly to the PC graphics card's DVI or HDMI video outputs in order to capture a pristine digital copy of the disc's otherwise encrypted content. A related component, PVP-UAB, will prevent savvy computer owners from installing data capture cards... errr... eh...
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Linkify!|Fold With Us!peterchen wrote:
errr... eh...
It does give a glossary. :)
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THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS!!! They better not force it on us by law or there will be hell to pay. I will delay my upgrade to Vista for quite some time.
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As mentioned, it's not just Vista but TVs and Home Cinema components as well. Vista should be the least of your worries - the upgrade costs for Windows don't start at $5,000 after rebates... You'd be far better off simply not buying any protected content.
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As mentioned, it's not just Vista but TVs and Home Cinema components as well. Vista should be the least of your worries - the upgrade costs for Windows don't start at $5,000 after rebates... You'd be far better off simply not buying any protected content.
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
You'd be far better off simply not buying any protected content.
Indeed.
David Wulff wrote:
As mentioned, it's not just Vista but TVs and Home Cinema components as well. Vista should be the least of your worries - the upgrade costs for Windows don't start at $5,000 after rebates...
Computers are far more important to me than an silly TV.
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David Wulff wrote:
You'd be far better off simply not buying any protected content.
Indeed.
David Wulff wrote:
As mentioned, it's not just Vista but TVs and Home Cinema components as well. Vista should be the least of your worries - the upgrade costs for Windows don't start at $5,000 after rebates...
Computers are far more important to me than an silly TV.
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A silly TV wouldn't be able to view high definition content anyway, so you wouldn't have any issue in the first place. :rolleyes: To many people however that is going to be a lot more important than a silly operating system or media centre PC because they invest a lot of money into home cinema equipment. Personally I'd rather have my friends round for an evening and watch a good DVD than use a computer, but that's me. YMV and that's fine.
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Igor Vigdorchik wrote:
This issue has nothing to do with Vista
The genesis of the issue perhaps, but Vista is going to put it squarely in the public eye.
Microsoft has no choice in this matter. If Microsoft wouldn't support HDCP, high-definition optical discs would be entirely off-limits on Windows computers. On January 19, 2005, the European Industry Association for Information Systems (EICTA) announced that HDCP is a required component of the European "HD ready" label.[^] If you think Apple is going to turn down HDCP despite being DRM advocates themselves, with the result being that it will be impossible to view new content in full HD on Apple hardware, then you're kidding yourself.[^] A RealNetworks executive has claimed that Linux risks being excluded from the consumer market if it does not add support for copyright protection technologies.[^]
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Microsoft has no choice in this matter. If Microsoft wouldn't support HDCP, high-definition optical discs would be entirely off-limits on Windows computers. On January 19, 2005, the European Industry Association for Information Systems (EICTA) announced that HDCP is a required component of the European "HD ready" label.[^] If you think Apple is going to turn down HDCP despite being DRM advocates themselves, with the result being that it will be impossible to view new content in full HD on Apple hardware, then you're kidding yourself.[^] A RealNetworks executive has claimed that Linux risks being excluded from the consumer market if it does not add support for copyright protection technologies.[^]
Igor Vigdorchik wrote:
high-definition optical discs would be entirely off-limits on Windows computers
So?
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peterchen wrote:
errr... eh...
It does give a glossary. :)
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkglossary schmossary. If it isn't plain english, it doesn't compute.
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glossary schmossary. If it isn't plain english, it doesn't compute.
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If it isn't plain english, it doesn't compute
Good god be careful! He might hear you!
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Sheesh, are we still in the 80's? What's with the ASCII-formatted plain text document? :rolleyes: I gave the article a cursory read through as best as I could (plaintext hurts my eyes, and content protection is not my speciality), but couldn't see what was so unique to Vista about it? Surely the same pros and cons exist with the newer DVD players and TVs with the content protection built in? They won't let you play protected content over an unsecure connection either -- effectively disabling those outputs automatically when protected content is played and reducing quality when targeting a non-compliant device. Ultimately the market will decide whether it takes off or is destined to die as another failed attempt at content protection (like every other attempt). I expect any unintentional problems will be resolved - we have had this level of fearmongering in the past and it proved anything but significant with hindsight. I for one will not be purchasing any protected content, and by law publishers will be required to label content as protected in the UK, and probably Europe. I am not convinced it will be entirely legal, especially if there turn out to be side-effects. Who knows, give it a few years and some big class action suits and the media giants might get the message. I wouldn't hold your breath though. :(
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkBesides the general implications, it discusses the specifics of the Vista implementation, and assumes - IMO correctly - that Vista will force many consumers and developers (SW/HW) to deal with DRM. It's well worth the read, factual, focuses on technical issues. (this might help with ascii challenged people like you[^]) Gist: DRM affects many areas and people that have absolutely nothing to do with "premium content".
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Besides the general implications, it discusses the specifics of the Vista implementation, and assumes - IMO correctly - that Vista will force many consumers and developers (SW/HW) to deal with DRM. It's well worth the read, factual, focuses on technical issues. (this might help with ascii challenged people like you[^]) Gist: DRM affects many areas and people that have absolutely nothing to do with "premium content".
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this might help with ascii challenged people like you
I actually ended up pasting it into Word and applying the default formatting. :-O The whole thing sounds too familiar[^] for me to start selling all my technology stocks and boarding up my windows* just yet. * groan...
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peterchen wrote:
this might help with ascii challenged people like you
I actually ended up pasting it into Word and applying the default formatting. :-O The whole thing sounds too familiar[^] for me to start selling all my technology stocks and boarding up my windows* just yet. * groan...
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
sounds too familiar
It's what came of it. Only this time it's really there - well half of there, but enough to affect us.
David Wulff wrote:
start selling all my technology stocks and boarding up my windows*
No reason to. After all, a lot of code eeds to be adjusted to deal with that crap :cool:
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Igor Vigdorchik wrote:
high-definition optical discs would be entirely off-limits on Windows computers
So?
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Linkify!|Fold With Us!It's not going to affect me either. I am playing DVDs on DVD-players only. I was just trying to point out that it's not a bug it's a feature forced to be implemented.:)
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It's not going to affect me either. I am playing DVDs on DVD-players only. I was just trying to point out that it's not a bug it's a feature forced to be implemented.:)
I was just trying to point out that microsoft wouldn't collapse if they didn't implement it. :) We have an application with full duplex audio streaming, highly performance critical and sensitive to changes in the signal. I guess I will be affected... it jsut depends o how long I can hold out Vista.
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This is a long but good read on the implications: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt[^] No I don't have a beef against Vista, as I said before I write software for whatever my users are using it's all the same to me, however I keep running across so many negative items about Vista every day on the net, items that are definitely more than FUD.
Me and a buddy at work have a bet going that we made 6 months ago. I said that Linux will become main stream (for end users) in 3 years and he said 6 years. I think that vista might just tilt the odds farther in my favor. :-D Micro$oft is going to be the extinction of PC gaming ... well you will probably still have those slow Micro$oft games. eg. Incredible creatures ... great concept - poor game engine. And one of the biggest shame is that i can already tell you how they are going to bypass all of this new "features" (*ahem bugs *cough). Simple. PC > TV > DVD recorder? (Disclaimer : I could be wrong).
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