tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post136890491059569491..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: IPREDator set to cloak torrent downloadsMarie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-50809716145303414712010-01-22T13:44:52.086+00:002010-01-22T13:44:52.086+00:00Strange? Not in the least. It follows the pattern ...Strange? Not in the least. It follows the pattern repeatedly predicted by, well, everyone who has even the faintest grasp of what they’re talking about.<br /><br />For as long as the pinning of hopes on technical solutions has been going on, everyone with any understanding of the technical and information-theoretic issues who has not been actively involved in selling fairy dust has realised that working DRM is unachievable. Technology and the underlying mathematics are fundamentally against it. Throwing more money at the problem will not change this.<br /><br />As Cory Doctorow recently put it: the act of copying will never again be as difficult as it is today, for the rest of human civilisation. It will only get easier.<br /><br />Anyone relying on technology to force people to change their behaviour is therefore royally screwed.Jens Aytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270504794643860478noreply@blogger.com