[CS-FSLUG] A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection

[Jason P. Franklin]

Hey all,

Total ignorant here... I've been reading the document and it's a bit above
my head.  I'm hoping someone can help me out a bit.

Quoted from Disabling of Functionality:
"Since S/PDIF doesn't provide any content protection, Vista requires that it
be disabled when playing protected content [Note D].  In other words if
you've sunk a pile of money into a high-end audio setup fed from an S/PDIF
digital output, you won't be able to use it with protected content.
Similarly, component (YPbPr) video will be disabled by Vista's content
protection, so the same applies to a high- end video setup fed from
component video."

What does this mean in plain English?  I know what S/PDIF is (at least a
layman's understanding).  Could someone give specific examples...the one
used is a bit too general for me to understand fully.

Thanks.

Jason P. Franklin
Husband/Father/Missionary
Westwood Bible Fellowship
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz]On Behalf Of Frank Bax
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:11 AM
To: christiansource at ofb.biz
Subject: [CS-FSLUG] A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection


http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt

This document looks purely at the cost of the technical portions of Vista's
content protection [Note A].  The political issues (under the heading of
DRM) have been examined in exhaustive detail elsewhere and won't be
commented on further, unless it's relevant to the cost analysis.  However,
one important point that must be kept in mind when reading this document is
that in order to work, Vista's content protection must be able to violate
the laws of physics, something that's unlikely to happen no matter how much
the content industry wishes it were possible [Note B].


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