David Weinberger: The Palladium Paradox
David Weinberger in Technology Review: “As Peter Biddle, the Palladium Product Unit Manager, explained to me last week, Palladium isn’t a digital rights management (DRM) platform in the traditional sense; it does, however, enable DRM systems to govern content after it has entered a client computer. But Palladium isn’t really an enabler. After all, users can already agree to a variety of rules governing what they can do with digital content. For example, I can buy an MP3 and agree not to copy it. No one needs Palladium to enter into such agreements. Palladium isnÅt an enabler. ItÅs an enforcer.” (Via JD Lasica.)