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Enabling DRM in the kernel?

Enabling DRM in the kernel?

Posted May 22, 2009 5:13 UTC (Fri) by eru (subscriber, #2753)
In reply to: Enabling DRM in the kernel? by fritsd
Parent article: Enabling DRM in the kernel?

Think about it: Hollywood could start selling "special-purpose video watching computers"

Hmm, isn't this already done? They are called "DVD players" (or "Blu-ray players"). Theoretically hardware, but much of the functionality in them is really implemented by a computer and software. The Blu-ray system even requires the player to be able to run Java bytecode programs from the disc, and some players include networking.


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