http://www.metafilter.com/tags/gutmann Posts tagged with 'gutmann' at MetaFilter. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:03:14 -0800 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:03:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/57243/A%2DCost%2DAnalysis%2Dof%2DWindows%2DVista%2DContent%2DProtection <i>"[C]omputer design is being dictated not by electronic design rules, physical layout requirements, and thermal issues, but by the wishes of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_conglomerate">content industry</a>."</i> By deliberately breaking audio and video functionality, opening up new avenues for debilitating malware, and reversing performance gains in desktop PCs and third-party components, Peter Gutmann argues <i>"the <a href="http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt">Vista Content Protection specification</a> could very well constitute the longest suicide note in history."</i> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.57243 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:03:14 -0800 conglomerate consolidation content corporatism drm gutmann media microsoft security vista Blazecock Pileon