Date: 08 Jan 2001 11:16:47 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Hard drive copy protection a myth? Message-ID: <xzp4rzajqls.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Excerpt from the latest RISKS digest: > Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 06:35:10 -0500 > From: "Gelsinger, Patrick P" <patrick.p.gelsinger@intel.com> > Subject: Re: IBM and Intel push copy protection ... (Gilmore, RISKS-21.17) > > [Received via Dave Farber, whom Patrick had requested to post a correction.] > > Content protection technology misinformation generates negative web-press > coverage: > > An article on *The Register* website "Stealth plan puts copy protection into > every hard drive" contains false information that the 4C's (Intel, IBM, MEI, > Toshiba) Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) is to be applied to > all PC hard drives. It is misinterpreting a specification for use of CPRM > with the Compact Flash media format (which supports either semiconductor > flash memory or IBM microdrives) probably because Compact Flash uses the > same command protocol interface as standard PC harddrives. The technology > is neither intended nor licensed for use with PC harddrives and is optional > even for the supported media types (flash memory and microdrives). John > Gilmore, a noted privacy and consumer advocate, has picked up the article > and further propagated the erroneous information and mentioned Intel > "IBM&Intel push copy protection into ordinary disk drives". I have alerted > public relations at Intel and are disseminating accurate information within > Intel and among our industry contacts. > > Pat DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?xzp4rzajqls.fsf>