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Buzzword du Jour: DRM

Posted by timothy on from the digital-recording-monopoly dept.

mattmcal writes "Though the RSA Conference in San Francisco and Bill Gates' keynote were expected to stir up several headlines on 'security' today, the news coming from 3GSM in Cannes seemed to deliver more tangible results. From Qualcomm's new DRM chipsets to NDS' mobile VideoGuard, several interesting 'DRM (digital rights management)' announcements raise the bar for distribution-shy media companies who may have increasing opportunities for driving content to mobile devices. But Intel's Barrett knows this is only the beginning of a complicated standards problem."

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  1. DRM? RSA!! by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny
    Everytime I see 'RSA' I think 'Republic of South Africa'

    I'm still screwed up on CRM. How about giving the damn acronyms a break?

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  2. Digital Rights Management by DonaldDuckBigO · · Score: 3, Funny

    My rights don't need to be managed, thank-you. You'll take gcc out of my cold, dead fingers.

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  3. Re:It's fundamentally silly by trezor · · Score: 4, Funny
    • In fact even with a routine that marries DRM to hardware

    Funny you should say that, as I thought of a handy anti-DRM slogan right now.

    DRM is to media and playback, what fathers are to girlfriends and sex.

    Ok, so now I am a geek.

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