Hi David, Though I'm generally an open-source advocate whenever possible, I must say that I'll support whatever the publishers desire to protect their content, so long as it equals accessibility! Even if not open source, closed-source binaries could probably still be used, and the rest of the DAISY reader could still be built as an open-source project... I'm satisfied with this approach... ----- Original Message ----- From: "David B Andrews" <DANDREWS@ngwmail.des.state.mn.us> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:06 AM Subject: Re: Producing Daisy Books > It is my understanding that the encryption standards that the DAISY > Consortium has adopted are those desired by the publishers. The > Consortium knows that they aren't air-tight, and could be broken, > but it is apparently enough to satisfy the publishers in this > instance... > > Dave > > > > David Andrews > Chief Technology Officer > Minnesota State Services for the Blind > (651) 642-0513 > > > >>> gandre@arkeia.com 11/05/02 09:23AM >>> > > > Just throwing my two cents worth in the conversation... =) > > On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 15:57:10 +0100, Mario wrote: > > Look at DVD for instance, did the encryption scheme help there? > > > > How is the encryption done anway? Does every user > > get his own key, or is the key embedded in the reader again? > > If the key is embedded in the reader, it's highly possible it > will be trivial to crack. Take a look at what happened to the > eBook encryption that was pushed by Adobe: most specialists > now agree that it was the cheapest and weakest encryption > possible. For more information, take a look at > http://www.elcomsoft.com > > > "David B Andrews" <DANDREWS@ngwmail.des.state.mn.us> writes: > > > Pressure to encrypt comes from the > > > publishing/e-publishing crowd, not > > > from the DAISY Consortium itself. > > > > That at least I hoped to be true. Sadly enough, it seems to be > > a general trend of the industry. > > Yes, and it's also a trend that has been vigorously > criticized at every step of the way. DMCA, CBPTA, > and others, are rules designed to take away your > freedom, regardless of your (dis-)abilities. > > > How about convincing publishers that this > > way of doing things is wrong? > > Good luck! > > To close my email, I would like to state that the only > solution to this problem, in my opinion, is (sadly) to > use cracking tool to allow full access to the text > contained in the files... > > -- > > Gil Andre ___ Technical writer ___ Arkeia Corporation > email: gandre@arkeia.com | web: http://www.arkeia.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list