From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:37:58 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Digital copy prot3ction (fwd)
Message-ID: <199802200241.UAA20917@einstein.ssz.com>
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> Subject: Digital copy prot3ction
> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 20:16:49 -0600 (CST)
> From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)

> I can hardly believe that any of these schemes are undefeatable.
> 
> As soon as the CPU starts talking to a video and sound board, 
> this whole thing becomes easily breakable. All one needs to do is
> to capture the signals that go to these boards and re-record them.
> 
> Right?

> The proposed technology would have no effect on televisions, video
> cassette recorders or computers already in use, the paper said.

I suspect that this part is the key, what they will propose is some
mechanism to alter the chipsets from the one currently implimented. Expect
them to impliment something similar to the DAT tape systems where the machine
won't execute a copy function if it sees the correct signal.


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