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Pushing the bits easy, DRM is the tough one for me.
I set up a few wireless nets for homeless including myself. Setting up the router and client PCs was no different than in a wired environment. We also locked the routers to only accept NICs that I defined in the security policy of the router. So how many causal home users even know about security policy? What it is and why it may be a good thing to think about?

Next up was the TiVo box hookup and that worked just dandy. So I got TiVo on the net with both Windows and Linux boxes. I can stream mp3 and photos from the XP box to the TiVo and listen/view through my AV system in the living room. Works great.

The thing I can not do is stream Apple iTunes purchases from my PC to the TiVo. DRM is the issue. I also can not stream video in any format of any kind. So from what I can see, even though I buy content, the DRM issues do not allow me to tap into the things I LEGALLY purchased. And that my friends, will cripple adoption of all these schemes, they do not respect the fact that I bought something to use legally. Yes, I could spend a few hundred dollars more and buy stuff from Apple and hook it directly to my AV systems around the house but I got the network, the nodes are enabled, why is the DRM stopping me?
Posted by: Sunny Jalolly   Posted on: 01/27/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Blah, blah, blah  Patrick Jones | 01/27/05
I was thinking the same thing...  DarbyOhara | 01/27/05
Most people I know....  voska | 01/28/05
Easy for non-techs?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/05
my new project is completed, now on to gigabit!  Valis Keogh | 01/27/05
Home networking  olsubsailor | 01/27/05
Networking is hard???  alterego_z | 01/27/05
Silo mentality  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/05
Re: Silo mentality  alterego_z | 01/27/05
The Rise of the Machines  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/05
Re: Rise of the Machines  alterego_z | 01/27/05
Pushing the bits easy, DRM is the tough one for me.  Sunny Jalolly | 01/27/05
You, you, you  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/05
Support freedom!  Sunny Jalolly | 01/27/05

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