[d at DCC] Wacky world of the world wide wobble.

[Don Kelly]

On 12/26/06, Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca> wrote:
>    The same type of problem is happening in Canada with the lobbying
> around so-called "Educational use of the Internet".  You see old-economy
> copyright holders that don't understand the difference between "DRM" and
> software that checks for passwords, cookies or referrer-lines in the
> HTTP header of a web request.
>

Ok... I'll bite... :-)

Is there really a difference b/w DRM and password checking software?
I don't think there is a difference.  Why would people want to
differentiate b/w these two applications of (essentially) the same
tech?

Don/

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