Re: Bug#531221: okular: Arbitrarily enforces DRM

[Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>]

[Michael Banck]
> If copying is indeed the only thing which is mediated via DRM, I agree
> with you, but maybe the situation should get analyzed a bit and anyway,
> we should make it easy for large organisations (public administration,
> companies) to set a default for their users how this should work.

I think the user education aspect is interesting.  It is unhealthy for
people to think the "don't copy" bit actually works; it causes them to
make poor security decisions.  Any time we can demonstrate to users
that this bit is purely advisory, it helps everyone.  (Well... everyone
except those who, when shown the shortcomings of the "trusted client"
security model, believe the solution is to get rid of untrustworthy
clients.)
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