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Anti-piracy technology built into PC's by 2005?

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edited November 2003 in Science & Tech
It seems software piracy could soon become a thing of the past, at least that's what the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is hoping. It has ordered US computer and TV manufacturers to incorporate digital right management technology into their products by July 2005.

[blockquote]The Commission wants to deter people from swapping free-to-air digital TV programmes and movies over peer-to-peer networks, and protect the entertainment industry from the problems the music industry is experiencing.

FCC chairman Michael Powell said in a statement that the protection had to be mandatory because, unlike cable and pay-per-view TV, free-to-air TV broadcasts are not encrypted.

The film industry has also welcomed the move as a means of protecting copyright.

In a panel debate, movie moguls and TV producers said the industry faces a growing threat from a Napster-style network, where people could upload and share digital films and TV programmes without paying for them.

They likened consumer goods manufacturers to arms dealers, maintaining that they sell the ammunition to both sides. In DRM, they have a weapon they can use to fight back.
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  • SlickSlick Upstate New York
    edited November 2003
    It is a sad day when the government doesn't need to do some form of hacking or packet sniffing to get to your computer, nope, the means for them to see what you are doing comes pre-loaded!
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Dude, I guess I won't be getting a Dell... :rolleyes:
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    That's a crock. I hope they don't try to get the "technology" incorporated into motherboards, because then even we non-Dell-users couldn't escape the unholy marraige of Big Brother and the RIAA!
  • DogSoldierDogSoldier The heart of radical Amish country..
    edited November 2003
    Hmm, maybe Canada should gird itself for an influx of nerd refugees?
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    whose with me....i say we go to sum third world country and just stay there and pirate as much as possible....cmon?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    No broadband there.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    we'll make it...cmon buying land to create a t1 line cant be all too expensive....
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Yes. And what of trying to run it into civilized territory? Where will we ever get the money to connect it to existing infrastructure?

    T1s are also slow.

    heh.
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited November 2003
    I'm not slow... just mentally...

    Oh, nevermind...
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited November 2003
    it couldn't be integrated into motherboards or hardware, because since its a US regulation it wouldn't make sense.

    if i was going to go buy a new NF7, would there be a "US" version and a "non-US" version? i mean wtf.

    by that logic, even if they DO integrate it into hardware, it would seem there'd be an easy out
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