Why do distributors only have to provide Installation Information for User Products?
Some companies effectively outsource their entire IT department to another company. Computers and applications are installed in the company’s offices, but managed remotely by some service provider. In some of these situations, the hardware is locked down; only the service provider has the key, and the customers consider that to be a desirable security feature. We think it’s unfortunate that people would be willing to give up their freedom like this. But they should be able to fend for themselves, and the market provides plenty of alternatives to these services that would not lock them down. As a result, we have introduced this compromise to the draft: distributors are only required to provide Installation Information when they’re distributing the software on a User Product, where the customers’ buying power is likely to be less organized. This is a compromise of strategy, and not our ideals. Given the environment we live in today—where Digital Restrictions Management is focused largely
Some companies effectively outsource their entire IT department to another company. Computers and applications are installed in the company’s offices, but managed remotely by some service provider. In some of these situations, the hardware is locked down; only the service provider has the key, and the customers consider that to be a desirable security feature. We think it’s unfortunate that people would be willing to give up their freedom like this. But they should be able to fend for themselves, and the market provides plenty of alternatives to these services that would not lock them down. As a result, we have introduced this compromise to the draft: distributors are only required to provide Installation Information when they’re distributing the software on a User Product, where the customers’ buying power is likely to be less organized. This is a compromise of strategy, and not our ideals. Given the environment we live in today—where Digital Restrictions Management is focused largely
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