Intel to include DRM in new Pentium 4 series processors

[David_Biggins@usermgmt.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Brown [mailto:k.brown@ccs.bbk.ac.uk]
> Sent: Friday, 13 September, 2002 11:44
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: Re: Intel to include DRM in new Pentium 4 series processors
> 
> But who is to say that the "owner" of a machine, in the TCPA sense, is
> the human being who paid money for it in the shop?
> 

Or indeed, what is to prevent future systems manufacturers just copying
the software companies and saying that you do not "own" your
CPU/drive/memory, but merely have a licence to use it?

## dave ##