[Gllug] BBC on Microsoft DRM in new Outlook

[Bernard Peek]

In message 
<Pine.LNX.4.44.0310211013130.31064-100000 at druifje.clustervision.com>, 
John Hearns <john.hearns at clustervision.com> writes
>On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Richard Jones wrote:
>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3207258.stm
>>
>>
>And at the end of the article:
>
>"Whereas Office can cost hundreds of pounds, OpenOffice can be downloaded
>for free over the internet. "
>
>
>ps. even though forwarding a mail could be blocked,
>can Windows somehow disable cutting-and-pasting of choice juicy blocks
>of text from within a doksayed email?

DRM will disable cut-and-paste except as permitted by the owner of the 
document. You can already do that if you create PDF files with Adobe 
Acrobat. You can still photograph the screen and paste the picture into 
another app.



-- 
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author. Will work for money.


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