Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/28/1718200 Posted by: Zonk, on 2005-05-28 17:37:00
from the get-you-where-you-live dept. Badluck writes "Microsoft and the entertainment industry's holy grail of controlling copyright through the motherboard has moved a step closer with Intel Corp. now embedding [1]digital rights management within in its latest dual-core processor Pentium D and accompanying 945 chipset. Officially launched worldwide on the May 26, the new offerings come [2]DRM -enabled and will, at least in theory, allow copyright holders to prevent unauthorized copying and distribution of copyrighted materials from the motherboard rather than through the operating system as is currently the case..." [3]The Inquirer has the story as well. References 1. http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4915 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management 3. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23548 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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