[cap-talk] Fwd: [cors] TAG request concerning CORS &Next Step(s)

[Adam Barth]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Mark Miller<erights at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Adam Barth<cap-talk at adambarth.com> wrote:
>> The service lets Acme Finance contact Google Finance directly from the
>> user's browser (i.e., without proxying via acme.com).  This is
>> valuable to Acme.
>
> Aha! Perhaps I get it.
>
> Is it DRM -- the attempt to defend a revenue model by placing a minor
> and temporary impediment (forced proxying) in the way of
> redistributing?

I'm not sure what definition you use for DRM, but this doesn't appear
to fall under the Wikipedia definition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management

In any case, I'm not sure that's a helpful way of thinking about the technology.

Adam