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Re: Crypto on cable...chuck the vce?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Sun Dec 24 15:21:03 2000
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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:13:48 -0800
To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
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The Register's front page only shows the most recent N stories,
constantly changing. You'll need to point to the article itself,
which looks like
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/15679.html
an article Kevin Poulsen did for securityfocus.com.
It looks quite similar to the stuff John Gilmore wrote about recently,
except sleazier due to FCC involvement.
At 02:56 PM 12/22/00 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
>
>http://theregister.co.uk
= Sneaky cable crypto scheme in the works
= By: Kevin Poulsen
= Posted: 22/12/2000 at 19:36 GMT
= The cable television industry is moving
= ahead with a controversial plan to
= implement a copy protection scheme that will allow movie studios
= and cable providers to control what viewers are able to record off
= future digital cable TV networks.
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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