Laser & DRM

Laser & DRM

Posted Oct 5, 2006 14:32 UTC (Thu) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)
In reply to: Laser & DRM by mingo
Parent article: Similar in spirit?

> To go back to your suggestion: even if there's a blatant violation of safety
> regulations, if the manufacturer is proven to /not/ have done everything
> technically possible to protect health, it can be found liable. (there are
> precedents for that) So a manufacturer, if it cannot use DRM in its laser,
> X-ray, radio or radar machine might just pick another OS, just to be on the
> safe side.

If the tamper-proofness of the device is so important he should go ROM. DRM is not an absolute protection either.

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