FC: Why fathers of PC revolution are wary of digital rights management

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 22:27:28 PDT

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    Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 15:40:12 +1000
    From: Nathan Cochrane <ncochraneat_private>
    Organization: The Age newspaper
    To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private>
    Subject: Why three fathers of the PC revolution are wary of DRM
    
    
    Hi Declan
    
    While doing research for a yarn I found these observations on Digital 
    Restrictions Management (DRM) from three gentlemen -- David Reed, Dan 
    Bricklin and Ray Ozzie -- who can legitimately claim to have collectively 
    done more than most to kick-start the PC revolution.
    
    
    David Reed was chief scientist and VP R&D at Lotus
    "This is what is wrong with Berman-Coble, with DRM, with TCPA, and with 
    Gator. It's my computer, dammit. If I don't give informed consent, you 
    can't use it."
    http://www.satn.org/archive/2002_09_29_archive.html
    
    Dan Bricklin, co-inventor of Visicalc, the first killer app for the PC
    "If you are an artist or author who cares more than about the near-term 
    value of your work, you should be worried and be careful about releasing 
    your work only in copy protected form. Like the days when "art" was only 
    accessible to the rich, two classes will probably develop: Copy protected 
    and not copy protected, the "high art" and "folk art" of tomorrow."
    http://www.bricklin.com/robfuture.htm
    
    Ray Ozzie, inventor of what became Lotus Notes, the world's first groupware 
    collaborative software for PCs, a killer app.
    "With rich and open access, will contractual controls on use of Web 
    Services data be sufficient, or will we need technical means of use 
    enforcement?  How far will Digital Restrictions Management creep its way 
    into the system-to-system realm?"
    http://www.ozzie.net/blog/stories/2002/08/22/nondiscretionaryControlsCantLiveWithemCant.html
    
    -- 
    
    Nathan Cochrane
    Deputy IT Editor
    :Next:
    The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
    http://www.next.theage.com.au
    
    
    
    
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