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To: Steve 667 who wrote (15771)	10/19/2000 3:36:51 PM
From: Tumbleweed	Read Replies (1) of 60323

Steve, you said; (re secure MMC) HOW DOES A SECURE MMC CARD REALLY WORK? Somebody out there must know the answer to this, but who? It turns out you were wrong. The specification is being worked on as we speak. In fact, SDMI ( sdmi.org ) recently put a number of proposals up on the net to see if people can hack them. There is currently some controversy about whether some of these were hacked, and if so, if this is a good thing or not. More details at the above web page, including a letter from the CEO explaining why you and I will benefit from having formats that have some kind of inbuilt copy mechanism. (well, not you and I specifically, but consumers in general) One point of interest is that The SDMI specification allows people to make an unlimited number of personal copies of their CDs if in possession of the original CD The implication there is that this copy wont play unless the CD is somehow checkable, which leaves the question of why I'd want a copy in that case! ( implied because if it will play without the CD, where's the security, and because of the phrase 'in possession of the original CD '. Tw

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