Windows Vista DRM is the ‘longest suicide note in history’
Copy-protection features in Windows Vista make
the operating system more bloated while giving few benefits to end users,
according to a new security paper.
Copy-protection features in Windows Vista make the
operating system more bloated while giving few benefits to end
users, according to a new security
paper.
Peter Gutmann, a medical imaging specialist, argues in the paper that Microsoft’s cumbersome approach to DRM is doomed to fail and will only succeed in pushing users towards buying faster hardware to cope with degraded performance, effectively imposing collateral damage on the rest of the industry.
Many of the criticisms Gutmann makes will be familiar to those who have followed the development of Vista’s copyright protection features however his hard-hitting prose style and warning that the Vista Content Protection specs could “very well constitute the longest suicide note in history” has reinvigorated the debate.
Microsoft is risking annoying its customer base and users in a bid to corner the market for home distribution of premium content.
Phew! I’m glad that I’m not one of those waiting for this contribution to “innovative” computing.
Peter Gutmann, a medical imaging specialist, argues in the paper that Microsoft’s cumbersome approach to DRM is doomed to fail and will only succeed in pushing users towards buying faster hardware to cope with degraded performance, effectively imposing collateral damage on the rest of the industry.
Many of the criticisms Gutmann makes will be familiar to those who have followed the development of Vista’s copyright protection features however his hard-hitting prose style and warning that the Vista Content Protection specs could “very well constitute the longest suicide note in history” has reinvigorated the debate.
Microsoft is risking annoying its customer base and users in a bid to corner the market for home distribution of premium content.
Phew! I’m glad that I’m not one of those waiting for this contribution to “innovative” computing.
Posted: Thu - December 28, 2006 at 06:28 AM