 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·DIRECTV
| reply to Rogue Wolf
Re: who owns our data? said by Rogue Wolf:Now, the question is, what is the RIAA more likely to think? A) "Encryption will make it impossible for us to beat piracy, we'd better reorganize our structure and start trying to compete" OR B) "Encryption will make it impossible for us to beat piracy, we'd better call up all those politicians we bought and have them make encryption illegal for citizens" If they make encryption illegal, it is the end of online commerce as we know it, as every credit card number (although not always the case) is sent over » encryption, which THEORETICALLY for file sharing purposes should be all the encryption that is needed. Of course not the same protocol, but the same level/type of encryption can be used.....
Then there is VPN encryption, online encryption, email encryption..... Nope, not going to happen. And the thing about encryption is, that it is virtually impossible to determine what TYPE of software is using encryption by examining the encrypted data. In other words, if you have a P2P client using port 443 and encrypt its data, it might as well be a user browsing » sites or use SSL for a VPN.
They may try to go the B) route and wiggle and worm around some things, but it is only a matter of time before they realize they had better go with A).
The car industry had 16 feet, and shot themselves in 15 of them before they got it. I expect the RIAA to be the same.
--
"I reject your reality and substitute my own!" |
