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RFID Tags for Digital Rights Management

Posted by Zonk on from the gone-tracking dept.

mathemaniac writes "RFID Journal is running a story about a group of researchers at UCLA working on a new RFID application that would provide consumers a means of watching DVDs of movies as soon as they hit the theaters. It could also be used to address one of Hollywood's biggest concerns: piracy of digital content. The group is researching a method of using RFID as a tool for digital rights management (DRM), wherein technologies are employed to protect media files from unauthorized use."

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  1. This has some possibilities... by ErikTheRed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hopefully, they'll use 40-bit encryption and rely on a proprietary algorithm as the principal means of ...

    What do you mean it's already been done?

    Oh well, back to the drawing board.

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  2. You gotta be kidding me by Lifewish · · Score: 5, Funny

    RFID and DRM? Are they trying to send every geek on the planet apopleptic or something?

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  3. Simpler solution: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Release the movie on a regular DVD as soon as it hits theaters. There's a guy down the street from me who is already using this business model, and it seems to work.