> If you think that's ugly, try this one: > > "Hastening a rapid demise for the free copying of digital media, the next > generation of hard disks is likely to come with copyright protection > countermeasures built in. > > Technical committees of NCTIS, the ANSI-blessed standards body, have been > discussing the incorporation of content protection currently used for removable > media into industry-standard ATA drives, using proprietary technology > originating from the 4C Entity. They're the people who brought you CSS2: IBM, > Toshiba Intel and Matsushita." > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15620.html > > Alan Cox responds (not much meat here, unfortunately): > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15655.html yeah, let's just hope that a) it causes enough of a hassle that people start thinking for themselves and avoiding those drives. b) some companies make drives without the copy-protection crap built-in, to sell to those users who don't want it. c) people wake up enough to realize that this misfeature doesn't actually protect against an even vaguely-determined pirate for long d) more than one of the above. Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700