future of piracy (48)

29 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E : 2006-09-10 08:17 ID:Heaven

> who do you think is going to win?

Corporate interests.

  • All it takes is for them to get the implementation right just once. Breaking a proper security model encased in end-to-end hardware encryption using something like AES is hard. If you do break it, piracy will likely be the least of our worries.
  • Convincing consumers is much akin to cooking a frog, especially when corporations are both consistent, persistent, and potentially immortal. It might take decades, but it will still happen.

I doubt they'll completely wipe out piracy, but the days of copying and crackz are probably limited.

How OSS factors into this is an exercise left to the reader.

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