Everyone should read this
I have. A website called againsttcpa.com is probably not the most objective source, and many of the points they make are not entirely accurate, overtly biased, highly speculative and lacking of even circumstantial supporting evidence. Ross Andersons essay is much better in that regard, even tho' it's still rather biased, but at least it's intelligent and entertaining.
My favorite is this:
The liberty of opinion and the free speech on the internet would finally be eliminated
Oh yes. Because TCPA enabled programs are going to be able to determine the meaning of written text and decide whether you're allowed to publish something or not.
For TCPA to ever be successful, it would require everyone in the world to have a braodband Internet connection. Anyone writing TCPA enablled software will thus be limiting their customer potential to Korea, and it's doubtful people in Korea are going to buy TCPA enabled hard- and software.
TCPA sounds great/horrible (depending on your perspective) on paper, but when compared to a real world scenario, it's obvious that such draconian changes are simply not possible in as short a timeframe, and on as wide a scale as would be required for TCPA to be successful, or even effective.
The worrying thing about TCPA is not what it might mean for small time developers. The worrying thing is that industry leaders actually think it's a viable idea, and are throwing millions of dollars after what is in essence a pipe dream.
I mean the idea that anyone would consider Microsoft eligable to work on a "trusted computing" project when they have a proven track record of anything but trustworthyness, security and reliability - that's the alarming thing.