[ILUG-Cochin.org] DRM in School

[Sameer Mohamed Thahir]

On Sunday 01 March 2009 11:52 AM, Jos Collin wrote:
> Hi,
Hi jos,
Thanks for sharing the information.
>
> The management of Mary Matha High School, Thrikkakkara. is planning to 
> create  VCDs of their anniversary programme, which has DRM in it. They 
> are planning to sell these VCDs to their own students. These VCDs can 
> be played in video players and computers but the users are restricted 
> to copy or rip the VCD.
Bad!!, I guess they have no idea of what they are doing.
> Previous  year they have done the same but it was a failure because 
> those VCDs, which they have created was not working in some vedio 
> players. But this time, I heard, they are trying to find an efficient 
> method to create VCDs, which has a perfect DRM.
www.defectivebydesign.org
>
> I don't want to disclose the source of this news to you. But it is 
> true. I verified it. I believe that this type of nasty things can 
> happen in other schools too. So is it possible for ILUG to do 
> something to prevent this activity? Is it possible to conduct a DRM 
> AWARENESS session at Mary Matha so that the students can escape from DRM?
I think we can contact the school directly and initiate a discussion and 
educate them on the consequences of
what they are doing, what is DRM and the evil effects. Also since as a 
part of of our initiative for schools, we already
have contacts of schools and teachers, we can also alert them on the 
evil effects that DRM can have, so that
it can bring about a larger awareness.
>
> - Jos Collin
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Thank You

Regards
Sameer Mohamed Thahir