MS Patent for DRM OS

[Ben Laurie]

Charles Lindsey wrote:
> 
>         On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 23:16:48 -0800
>         John Young <jya@pipeline.com> said...
> 
> >
> > Microsoft's patent for a Digital Rights Management
> > Operating System was awarded yesterday:
> >
> >   http://cryptome.org/ms-drm-os.htm
> >
> > Abstract
> >
> [Horrendous nightmare snipped]
> 
> And when your system screws up in an inconsistent state, with valuable
> data still encrypted, and it won't let you run any programs whether
> related to the mess or not, what do you do?

Reinstall?

Cheers,

Ben.

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