Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth: “Note to content owners: DRM doesn’t work”
Some of his “reality bites”:
- Any DRM that involves offline key storage will be broken.
- The alternative to offline key storage is streaming-only access, and that is equally unprotectable.
- Someone will find a business model that doesn’t depend on the old way of thinking, and if it is not you, then they will eat you alive.
You can find more information about digital restriction management on defectivebydesign.org.
[Via Netzpolitik]