Re:Salon responds (Score 4)

Just wanted to say that the Inside piece wasn't meant to pass judgement on Salon's story (or Salon itself) -- we just presented Leonardo Chiariglioni's position, in his words, as the head of SDMI. As has been pointed out, he didn't say the six technologies hadn't been hacked, just that no one knows for sure yet, since the review process is ongoing. (Personally, I would be surprised if the hacks weren't successful, given what people have been saying about digital security.) But just to be clear, it was Chiariglioni who characterized the Salon report as wrong, unfounded, etc., not Inside. And I don't think it would be fair to say we "bought" his spin by publishing his words -- I did my best to raise in the story the significant doubts people have about digital security in general and the enormous, perhaps impossible task the SDMI has set for itself, and if you check Inside's coverage of SDMI and the major labels' pretty lame attempts at public secure-music trials so far, I don't think we've been coddling anyone. At any rate, having Chiariglione's words out there complements Salon's piece (IMO), and we'll have to see how SDMI handles it from here. (email: [e-mail])