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FC: Why fathers of PC revolution are wary of digital rig

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 01:27:28 -0400 To: politech@politechbot.com From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: Why fathers of PC revolution are wary of digital rights management Send reply to: declan@well.com

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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 15:40:12 +1000 From: Nathan Cochrane <ncochrane@theage.fairfax.com.au> Organization: The Age newspaper To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: Why three fathers of the PC revolution are wary of DRM

Hi Declan

While doing research for a yarn I found these observations on Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) from three gentlemen -- David Reed, Dan Bricklin and Ray Ozzie -- who can legitimately claim to have collectively done more than most to kick-start the PC revolution.

David Reed was chief scientist and VP R&D at Lotus "This is what is wrong with Berman-Coble, with DRM, with TCPA, and with Gator. It's my computer, dammit. If I don't give informed consent, you can't use it." http://www.satn.org/archive/2002_09_29_archive.html

Dan Bricklin, co-inventor of Visicalc, the first killer app for the PC "If you are an artist or author who cares more than about the near-term value of your work, you should be worried and be careful about releasing your work only in copy protected form. Like the days when "art" was only accessible to the rich, two classes will probably develop: Copy protected and not copy protected, the "high art" and "folk art" of tomorrow." http://www.bricklin.com/robfuture.htm

Ray Ozzie, inventor of what became Lotus Notes, the world's first groupware collaborative software for PCs, a killer app. "With rich and open access, will contractual controls on use of Web Services data be sufficient, or will we need technical means of use enforcement? How far will Digital Restrictions Management creep its way into the system-to-system realm?" http://www.ozzie.net/blog/stories/2002/08/22/nondiscretionaryControlsC antLiveWithemCant.html

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