[IP] more on Is Real's 'hacking' of iPod legal?
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From: L Jean Camp <jean_camp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 2, 2004 5:12:54 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ip <ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] Is Real's 'hacking' of iPod legal?
Dave,
The use of so-called copyright control technologies and indeed security
technologies have been most valued when the goal is to prevent
competition. Printers that "securely" connect to ink cartridges, and
cars where only the dealership can stop the 'service engine' light are
the most common example.
Security technology, at its heart a technology of control, is not
somehow magically immune from economics. Apple wants to provide the
greatest value in its music network, make switching unpleasant as
possible, and prevent competition. So do the mobile companies, the
landline companies, and event the airlines.
That is why making it illegal to "subvert" " security" technology is
fundamentally anti-competitive. We have seen but the beginning of the
problems with that very bad law.
regards,
Jean
editor of "The Economics of Information Security"
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,4-40356-22
-33336580-0,00.html
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