The Manchurian IdiotNov 25, 2022
There is a direct line from "DRM In Music" to "You Now Subscribe To Your Car", via "Using Third-Party Toner Is Against The Law"
Show threadSean Eric FaganNov 25, 2022
@pikesley Well, DRM in DVDs first.
Show threadtavi catNov 27, 2022
@kithrup @pikesley if we're playing that game, it was trying to make DAT tapes illegal first
Show threadSean Eric FaganNov 27, 2022

@tavi @pikesley No, that didn't have encryption to deal with. They tried to make consumer DAT have low bandwidth or something ridiculous like that, and ended up instead having a tax on them. This was before CD-W/RW was around, and the reason DVDs had DRM was because of CDs, but dear lord they did a horrible, cheap, crappy DRM for that.

(I was in the courtroom for the decss hearing.)

Show threadewhacNov 27, 2022
@kithrup
Was that the hearing in San Jose? I also attended that one. Wrote it up on Slashdot at the time.
@tavi @pikesley
Show threadewhac

@kithrup
Finally found my write-up of the hearing:

https://m.slashdot.org/thread/1434597

@tavi @pikesley

Slashdot

Nov 27, 2022 at 8:04pmFedilab