Intel + AMD digitial rights management

[wacki]

I understand why sony and similar companies are implementing it. But why are companies like AMD and Intel forcing it on you? I've heard hardware DRM will be near impossible to crack.

FYI: I'm don't download music as I'm not a thief (with the exception of sampling before I buy), but I will torrent boxing video's and random crap. Maybe it's just the libertarian in me, but I simply don't like the idea of full grown adults being restricted in ways that should only be done to children. Safety locks are for kids, the courts are for adults.

 

[Bobthelost]

Well for movies it's not AMD or intel's fault, or even microsoft's. The fault is down to the film studio's who offer the option of using DRM or not running the new DVDs.

 

[ribbon13]

If it can be used effectively/played/displayed by the end user, there's a way to copy it. The end.

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
If it can be used effectively/played/displayed by the end user, there's a way to copy it. The end.

Ironically it's easy enough to crack the new DRM for profesional pirates, but for home users it'll be rather difficult. Stopping legitimate backups and not stopping illegitimate ones either. Nice one!

 

[acole1]

IMHO the idea behind DRM is - the more difficult it is do something illegal, the less it will be done.

This principle is used in many areas of life... gun control, for example. The idea in this example is - make getting guns harder to get, so they will be used less in committing crimes. Sadly, this does not always work because hardened criminals (pro. software pirates), will still get their hands on guns to commit crimes (crack software)... they just have to work harder to reach their objective. In the mean time it limits those of us who use guns (or software) legally.

AMD, Intel and other companies don?t forcibly condemn it because it?s all about the money, and there isn't anything inherently wrong in DRM. But, they want to keep as many people happy as they can i.e. Sony, Microsoft, etc. and keep people buying their products. If their stand on the issue hurt sales I assure you they would change their position.

(The guns example is just a comparison... please don't turn this into a flame war. I realize many people may disagree with my ideas, but hopefully it helped get the general point across anyway.)