Challenge to David Wagner on TCPA

[James A. Donald]

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On 2 Aug 2002 at 3:31, Sampo Syreeni wrote:
> More generally, as long as we have computers which allow data to
> be addressed as code and vice versa, the ability to control use
> of data will necessarily entail ability to control use of code.
> So, either we will get systems where circumventing copyright
> controls is trivial or ones where you cannot compile your own
> code. All the rest is just meaningless syntax.

The announced purpose of TCPA/Palladium is to introduce some
intermediate cases.  For example you could compile your own code,
and then encrypt it so that it can only run on a specific target
computer.

As somone who sells code, I would think this would be a great
idea, were it not for the excesses we have been seeing from the IP
lobbyists. 

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         James A. Donald
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