Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Anthony <osm AT inbox.org>]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:45 PM, maiki <maiki AT interi.org> wrote:
> The scenario you describe is
> not dependent on in-band encryption; a file could be transferred via
> HTTP or telnet and the device may still have an implemented interface
> that disallows the kind of access you are talking about.
>
> Please note that I am not commenting on the TPM clauses in CC, rather, I
> just want to get past this misunderstanding about how SSL works. For all
> practical reasons, SSL is not used to restrict use, merely to protect
> privacy in communications.

If the file is transferred via HTTP, then the recipient can intercept
the traffic.  Without encrypting the file during transfer, the
restrictions which the receiving device imposes on making copies is
not effective.