[Gllug] BBC on Microsoft DRM in new Outlook

[Pete Ryland]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 05:30:53PM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 04:27:39PM +0100, Richard Cohen wrote:
> > Unless of course you use something like xpdf or pdf2html and have a quick
> > look at the code.  The 'do-not-copy' and 'do-not'print' bits are just that -
> > a bit set in the header of the file to tell the software not to allow
> > copying or printing.
> 
> I understand that they're going to get serious by requiring decryption
> online against a server. It's the only way to do it if you think about
> it, and it has the handy advantage of locking customers even further
> into an all-Microsoft future. (After all, it'll be a while before OO
> will be able to talk to this server, and possibly never given even a
> narrow reading of the DMCA).

I can't get away from the thought that if it appears on your screen, and is
therefore in your RAM somewhere, you can get to it because you control your
machine.

Pete

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