Intel to include DRM in new Pentium 4 series processors

[Ken Brown]

David_Biggins@usermgmt.com wrote:

> > 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?

That's how IBM worked back in the old days.

Also NB each hardware component can be a different TCPA entity. The CD
drive or the modem or whatever have their own onboard CPU & memory
already.  You might reprogram your PC to play subversive file, but no
good if the disk drive refuses to deal with them.