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To: Walter Morton who wrote (108)	7/30/2000 11:29:46 PM
From: Xenogenetic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 201

Here is a very comprehensive article on the DRM industry in general: Media security thwarts temptation, permits prosecution ednmag.com An excerpt: >>>Future operating-system enhancements, placing system-specific encryption at their core instead of as add-ons, will also help boost security while maintaining platform openness. Microsoft spent a lot of time at April's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) talking about this subject, which is a key feature of the company's follow-on to Windows 2000, code-named Whistler, and its successor to Windows 98, code-named Millennium Edition. These enhancements are by no means straightforward to implement. They require changes not only to the operating system but also to the BIOS, and they must incorporate a means of uniquely identifying the system. A unique ID embedded in the processor, which is the least likely hardware subsystem to get replaced, is the most obvious means of achieving this goal.<<<