Privacy and Copy Protection Systems
Copy protection systems present challenges to privacy rights, as authentication of ownership usually requires that the user reveal his or her identity. A new copy-protection system called "InTether" illustrates this problem. InTether has the ability to determine the identity of potential recipients of a copy-protected file. If a user attempts to circumvent InTether, the program destroys the copy-protected documents.Copy This! Can 'Military' Technology Beat Digital Piracy?, Inside.com, March 12, 2001.
Document-Destroying Copy Protection, Slashdot, March 12, 2001.
Latest Windows XP Beta Adds Strict Copy Protection, PC World, March 25, 2001.
PC Music Listening Data May Be Tracked, Sold, Newbytes, June 6, 2001.
Programmer Exposes Microsoft Flaws, New York Times,
October 23, 2001 (registration required).
