DRM Inside Your Next Intel CPU and MOBO Chipset?
By Alexander Grundner |
June 1st, 2005
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Reports started circulating around the Web last week that Intel has embedded a Microsoft-flavored DRM technology into its Pentium D and 945 chipset to protect copy-righted digital content from being ripped and distributed online. However, today, Computer Business Review is reporting that Intel is doing some damage control and publicly stating that “Intel products support several existing copy protection or content protection technologies. This includes support for DTCP (digital transmission content protection)-over-IP, which is a copy protection mechanism used to distribute content from one device to another within a home network (as opposed to DRM, which applies to online content). DTCP-IP was developed a couple of years ago by Intel, Toshiba, Hitachi and Matsushita.” Kari Skoog, Intel’s US-based spokesperson, went on to say that “in the second half of 2005, Intel would release an updated graphics driver that will also support additional content protection technologies including COPP, HDCP, CGMS-A.”
Whatever, it’s still DRM. I’m just wondering if these types lockdown hardware technologies will be compatible with UNIX and Linux systems? Or will Intel produce different variants for different platforms?
Thanks for tip, Jonathan!
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