"There is no fundamental difference between an encrypted file and a locked safe, " the manifesto stated.

BBC: UK Government dithers on encryption regulation

Instead, it merely copies the encrypted file and uses the same player technology installed in a typical hardware DVD player to read it.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In my second post about the new MEGA encrypted file service I discussed the chess game that Kim Dotcom was playing with the policers of copyright.

FORBES: Obvious Infringement: MEGA Now Has A Crowdsourced Index And Guess What?

Whether they use the Web or Gnutella, SightSound users download an encrypted, compressed file, and then pay for a license with which they can decode it into a viewable movie.

FORBES: Gnutella Could Make Moviemakers Cry

The new cyberlocker service is a simplified, super-encrypted successor to Megaupload, the file-sharing site that once reputedly accounted for 4% of all internet traffic, and which US prosecutors had taken offline moments before the helicopters descended in New Zealand a year ago.

FORBES: Links 19 Jan: Kim Dotcom's PR System Is Certainly Working Well Over Mega