oh no DRM on harddrives

KillBoY_UK · 16 Feb 2006 at 15:51

now i was all preperd for drm on moniters and Windows Vista but now 3d cards and hard drives this well and truly blows :mad:

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/02/15/trusted_computing_extended_to_hard_drives/

FirePhoenixCtk · 16 Feb 2006 at 23:44

drm on your keyboards also soon at this rate.

tomos · 16 Feb 2006 at 23:48

doesnt this article say that you wont be able to run programs that TPTB approve of? if thats the case, what about programs that someone makes themselves at home?

or open source stuff?

what about linux running on a PC with this 'trusted computing' chip in the motherboard?

RichieUK · 17 Feb 2006 at 00:51

I remember reading about DRM a while ago. There is a site that lists all hardware/software companies that will be implementing it. All the big guys were there - Nvidia, Adobe, AMD, Pentium etc etc etc. Ill try finding the link

Nixeh · 17 Feb 2006 at 13:10

Talk about killing off the pc, surely someone must have some foresight and see that this wont work without a big backlash.