The backlash against copy protection built into hard drives has begun.

[Noriaki]

I hope this hasn't been posted already, but here goes:

Coalition makes concession on anti-piracy technology

Intel apperntly claims this copy protection scheme is intended only for removeable media, I hope they are right, IBM seems less specific. But in any case, they are apperently allowing at the least that users can turn it off for hard drives.

 

[TravisBickle]

hmm, well if users could turn it off why would they want a hard drive with that technology in the first place? bye bye antipiracy silliness.