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Stop Palladium

Stop Palladium

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Started by Anonymous 23 years, 10 months ago
Palladium is an idea to enforce security in software. This means that if you were to try and rip an MP3 from a CD, the TCPA system may just DELETE the information from your harddrive, along with other things. If caught using unauthorized materials Microsoft will automatically report you to the appropriate authorities. Palladium is bad for many people, even those who don\'t use unauthorized material. What about those who don\'t have internet-acess. When trying to play a legal music-cd, they will be stopped because Palladium will be unable to authorize your actions with the main server. It seems that the main focus of Palladium is to get more users on broadband internet. While people on narrowband internet can most likely use Palladium, it would be a hassle. This would mean they would need to sign-on the internet every single time you need to perform an action on your computer, such as listen to music or play a game. That alone may persuade many users to switch over to broadband internet, something Microsoft may or may not have realized. In the past, many Intel customers have said that if Palladium takes effect, they will switch to AMD. AMD has now stated that their processors will NOT be Palladium compliant. By signing this petition you are boycotting any Palladium software/hardware. This petition will be sent to Microsoft, AMD and Intel if it recieves enoguh \"signatures\"

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March 3, 2003

The momentum building behind this effort reflects a shared concern about the future of our digital autonomy. As we approach one thousand signatures, I hope each person here will consider sending the link to someone who values the freedom to control their own hardware. This milestone will provide the necessary weight to ensure our message reaches the desks of those making these critical decisions.

Reached 100 supporters

November 5, 2002

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Lisa Fletcher
23 years ago Featured

What about people who dont have constant internet? so we just cant listen to our own music anymore? stupid idea.

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Dave Crawford
23 years ago Featured

Microsoft is going way too far this time. They want total control over what we do on our own machines. Absolutely not.

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Mike Sinclair
23 years ago Featured

Ridiculous. my computer is mine not theirs.

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Jason Palmer
23 years ago Featured

i work with computers for a living and this is just big brother stuff. keep this trash off my machine.

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Kevin Knight
23 years ago Featured

If they really pull this i am switching my next build to AMD for sure. no way im paying for that much control.

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Sarah Tran
23 years ago Featured

This is a nightmare for privacy. why should they have the right to delete my files???

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