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| titletext = If you think the purveyors of DRM simply want to protect artists, check out chapters 13 and 14 in Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig. Their goal is the elimination of all culture they don't control.
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| titletext = If you think the purveyors of DRM simply want to protect artists, check out chapters 13 and 14 in Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig. Their goal is the elimination of all culture they don't control.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
This is in reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection HDCP], the standard used for protecting content passed over an HDMI interface. It also illustrates the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole analog hole] created by providing the content to the viewer.
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This is in reference to {{w|HDCP}}, the standard used for protecting content passed over an HDMI interface. It also illustrates the {{w|analog hole}} created by providing the content to the viewer.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
:Content Protection System:
 
:Content Protection System:
:A woman sits on a couch watching a large flat-panel television, connected to a box labeled HDMI
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:[Megan sits on a couch watching a large flat-panel television, connected to a box labeled HDMI.
 
:The screen is labeled with "Approved screen"
 
:The screen is labeled with "Approved screen"
 
:The cable is labeled with "Approved connection"
 
:The cable is labeled with "Approved connection"
 
:The HDMI box is labeled with "Approved player"
 
:The HDMI box is labeled with "Approved player"
:The woman's head is labeled with "Approved content"
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:The woman's head is labeled with "Approved content"]
  
 
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Revision as of 02:19, 17 February 2013

Content Protection
If you think the purveyors of DRM simply want to protect artists, check out chapters 13 and 14 in Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig. Their goal is the elimination of all culture they don't control.
Title text: If you think the purveyors of DRM simply want to protect artists, check out chapters 13 and 14 in Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig. Their goal is the elimination of all culture they don't control.

Explanation

This is in reference to HDCP, the standard used for protecting content passed over an HDMI interface. It also illustrates the analog hole created by providing the content to the viewer.

Transcript

Content Protection System:
[Megan sits on a couch watching a large flat-panel television, connected to a box labeled HDMI.
The screen is labeled with "Approved screen"
The cable is labeled with "Approved connection"
The HDMI box is labeled with "Approved player"
The woman's head is labeled with "Approved content"]


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Discussion

Lessig, mentioned in the title text, announced his candidacy for the 2016 US presidency on September 6, 2015. Mountain Hikes (talk) 00:00, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

I think that the minimal comments on some of the smartest comics here says a lot about even the readers of XKCD. —Kazvorpal (talk) 01:49, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Comments say a lot about the people that make them.

   There are no comments because no one disagrees. Everyone knows the comic is right about bashing DRM. JackGreenEarth (talk) 12:48, 17 September 2023 (UTC)JackGreenEarth

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Sound like Randall needs to read this again. 23:26, 14 October 2020 (UTC)