Is Palladium Getting a Bad Rap?
Michelle Delio,
Wired News,
May 14, 2003
Microsoft is playing the coy innocent in its reaction to the criticism it has suffered since announced its CRLF'trusted computing' (or as Richard Stallman styles it, CRLF'treacherous computing') platform. In this article, MS developer CRLFMario Juarez responds, "There's this mythology surrounding CRLFNGSCB that Microsoft is in league with the media industry to CRLFoverride consumers' rights. That makes no sense. Who would CRLFbuy a product that doesn't allow them to do what they want to CRLFdo? No one. So why would Microsoft choose to commit CRLFprofessional suicide in that fashion?" Still. Even as Juarez CRLFadmits, content publishers would have to exercise self-restraint. CRLF"Any overly restrictive DRM would boomerang back on the CRLFcompany that imposes it. It's a big world out there, and CRLFcompanies know that there are plenty of sources for content. CRLFThey want to keep customers happy." Maybe so. But it's a CRLFquestion of trust. And it's worth noting that the content CRLFcompanies - and the music publishers, especially - have found CRLFthemselves in court far more frequently than CRLFmost of the consumers they intend to regulate. If it comes down CRLFto a matter of trust, where do you place your bets: with an CRLFindustry accused over the years of payola, collusion and royalty CRLFunderpayments? Hm. Probably not. Maybe Microsoft isn't in CRLFleague with the content industry, as Juarez suggests (though CRLFthey probably are). But at the very least, they are placing their CRLFbets - with our money - on a two-time loser.
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