RIAA's New Scheme To Enforce Monopoly

[GhostShip]

Theres a word for ppl like Cary who try to enforce pipe dreams on reality  :roll:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080207-riaa-boss-spyware-could-solve-the-encryption-problem.html

At a Washington, DC, tech conference last week, RIAA boss Cary Sherman suggested that Internet filtering was a super idea but that he saw no reason to mandate it. Turns out that was only part of the story, though; Sherman's a sharp guy, and he's fully aware that filtering will prompt an encryption arms race that is going to be impossible to win... unless users somehow install the filtering software on their home PCs or equipment.

Last night, Public Knowledge posted a video clip from the conference that drew attention to Sherman's other remarks on the topic of filtering, and what he has to say is downright amazing: due to the encryption problem, filters may need to be put on end users' PCs.

Filtering as a concept is ultimately doomed by encryption unless the "filters" simply block entire protocols altogether, and talking about the consumer benefits of installing RIAA-approved filtering software is just another sign of how ludicrous the entire debate has become.

Lets see Cary try any new RIAA software out first,  its likely he would be the first and last user of what can only be called "Cartelware".

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They have completely gone insane. First of all do they think any knowledgable user would be stupid enough to put this on their pc? Secondly, the mere mention of it suggests utter lunacy. This man has gone and lost his mind. :shock:

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do they think any knowledgable user would be stupid enough to put this on their pc?

And here is the issue, there are plenty of users that unwittingly will.

[Lagerlout666]

prob be in the next vista service pack, thats already a DRM lover,  cant see it being a issue with a RIAA lover as well.