I have posted an article "DRM and Data Protection" here.
I discuss anonymous use of the Internet, trusted computing and the proposal for a Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
In that paper, I am strongly opposed to the idea that all Internet users should be watched all the time. In contrast, I think that the data protection problems associated with trusted computing may well be worked out, and I don't share privacy concerns about the enforcement directive proposal.
Larry Lessig links on his blog today to a case about video surveillance in cyber cafes. That is exactly about the question if anonymous Internet access should be guaranteed or prohibited. There is a heated discussion about this point in Europe right now, which I address in the paper.
Posted by Karl-Friedrich Lenz at February 1, 2004 12:22 PM | TrackBackDRM seems to find its way into the mobile phone section too: http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/002890.htm
Posted by: Urs on February 2, 2004 06:49 PM