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Tivo and point 4

Tivo and point 4

Posted Oct 6, 2006 10:57 UTC (Fri) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)
In reply to: Tivo and point 4 by zlynx
Parent article: Similar in spirit?

> So what the keys do is prevent executing a binary on a particular piece of
> hardware, not prevent executing it at all.

That's assuming availability of non-DRMed hardware. This is not a safe bet, especially if the existing software pool can be DRMed at will.


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