Re: DRMTICS 2005 Call for Papers

From: Paul Rubin (//phr.cx_at_NOSPAM.invalid)
Date: 05/27/05 

Date: 27 May 2005 02:17:30 -0700

Bryan Olson <fakeaddress@nowhere.org> writes:
> > Note: the above simple scheme is very vulnerable to a
> > collusion of users buying the same music
>
> Ay, there's the rub. [Hamlet III,i,65]

There's an even worse problem, which is that it depends on the vendor
knowing the identity of each of the legitimate buyers. That alone is
enough to get lots of people to not buy the product.

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