RE: Ownership of information and truthfulness was RE: Food labels and consumer information

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 10:58:44 MDT

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    Alfio wrote:
    > labels and consumer information
    >
    >
    > On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
    >
    >> The right (IMO) solution, use of transparency, trusted devices, and
    >> other technical measures to improve the marketability of
    >> customer-desired information,
    >
    > Maybe I haven't followed closely, but what exactly are these trusted
    > devices? Transparency in the manufacturing department, at the required
    > degree, seems to require a transparent society that is not going to
    > appear in a short timeframe. Or maybe I'm simply misunderstanding
    > what you say

    ### Trusted devices are information-processing devices which enforce
    copyright (and other) intellectual property laws by refusing to process
    unauthorized (e.g. illegally copied) files.

    Transparency might take some time to develop, that's true.

    Rafal

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