Re: <nettime> Fast forward as theft

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@yahoo.com>]

> There are already DVDs sold where the DVD player doesn't let you skip the
> 10-minute ad at the start of the movie. If Kellner had his way, you
> wouldn't even be able to mute the sound on commercials you hate. I wonder
> if he reads all the ads in the Sunday paper, just to be consistent.
> 
> Separately, the implication of the judge's order in the SonicBlue case is
> that the Kellners of the world might be able to check to see that you are
> following their rules. Because there is no technical reason for a device

There is a gross misconception here that problem is somehow in the law. The law
generally depicts the enforceable reality and, now and then, ventures into
unenforcable in order to fulfill the ultimate goal of any legal system - make
everyone an criminal.

The key word here is enforcable. Expecting that resourceful industry will not
do everything possible to maximize the income is silly. The only effective way
to counter that is to make rules unenforceable.

To make rules unenforceable the so-called public must be technologically savvy
and on equal footing with the opponent - since rights are not given, they are
taken. Technologically illiterate ones will get milked more and more - and
nothing can stop that. This is the purpose of technology in general -
technology is unfair since very few really understand it, and therefore it is a
perfect subduing vehicle.

The VCR was the gun that won the first battle. Do not expect that something
like that will happen again. You will need to know how to tap into integrated
A/D converters, how to extract keys and decrypt digital streams in order to
make copies and view only what you want to view, when you want to view it. This
is impossible for most, but as the old saying goes ... tough shit.


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