29 September

Brave new world...

"New output content protection mechanisms planned for the next version of Microsoft® Windows® codenamed "Longhorn" protect against hardware attacks while playing premium content and complement the protection against software attacks provided by the Protected Environment in Windows Longhorn."

Output Content Protection and Windows Longhorn is quite an interesting page. Looks like all Windows users need to get new audio and video equipment in order to play "premium content". I can't find my newspeak dictionary, so I'm not sure what premium content means.

It's fascinating how many tricks the entertainment industry comes up with to protect itself from its customers.