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	<title>Noel Schutt &#187; ethics</title>
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		<title>Controlled Reading And Playing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a couple frustrating weeks with computers, we have been talking about copy-protection. With the switch to DTV, Blu-ray, and DisplayPort, it is getting harder to avoid buying copy-controlled products. Avoiding Blu-ray is easy, but avoiding encrypted DisplayPort will be harder. Luke and Adam wanted to use the acronym FARCE, but we couldn&#8217;t settle on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a couple frustrating weeks with computers, we have been talking about copy-protection. With the switch to DTV, Blu-ray, and DisplayPort, it is getting harder to avoid buying copy-controlled products. Avoiding Blu-ray is easy, but avoiding encrypted DisplayPort will be harder. <a href="http://legoboy.com/" title="Legoboy">Luke</a> and Adam wanted to use the acronym FARCE, but we couldn&#8217;t settle on a definition. The word &lsquo;crap&rsquo; came to mind. This gave a convenient definition: Controlled Reading and Playing. I thought may have heard this term before. I found a few references to the acronym CRAP for DRM on <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2416" title="ZDNet">ZDNet</a>, but using a different definition: Content Restriction, Annulment, and Protection. (A good video explanation: <a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2422-13569_22-156220.html" title="A load of CRAP">A load of C.R.A.P.</a> by ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind.) Richard Stallman saw the article and <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2582" title="ZDNet">suggested</a> another definition: Cancellation, Restriction and Punishment. All of these definitions work. Please start using the acronym CRAP instead of the euphemism DRM.</p>
<p>P.S. For those less informed on the ethics of technology: DRM is an acronym for Digital Rights Management. It is used as a euphemism for copy-control. Some companies try to control the ethical&#8211;and legal&#8211;fair use of music, video, and text. A common method is encryption designed to only allow files to be accessed on approved devices. Good examples are Blu-ray disks and some PDF files. These encryption systems are superfluous and unethical. This is why the euphemism DRM commonly makes lists of technology terms to avoid: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#DigitalRightsManagement" title="gnu.org: Philosophy">Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding</a>, and <a href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/tech-terms-to-avoid/" title="NY Times: David Pogue:Tech Terms to Avoid">Tech Terms to Avoid</a>. We settled on the term CRAP: Controlled Reading and Playing.</p>
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