Flash Memory with Copy Protection

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday September 27, 2005 @10:03PM from the please-help-me-to-behave dept.

Castar writes "Mercury News is reporting that SanDisk has created a new type of flash memory with copy-protection logic built in. From the article: "Today, much of a consumer's digital content is held hostage on a particular kind of device, such as an iPod or a PC, because that is the only way to prevent massive piracy. But with the SanDisk flash memory card, a consumer can move the digital content to another device. If the music company insists the data can only be copied five times, the memory card itself enforces that policy in the new device, be it a cell phone or music player." Rejoice that your data can be "liberated" from the confines of your PC or iPod!"

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Magicgate? by Richthofen80 · 2005-09-28 00:50 · Score: 0, Redundant

I'm pretty sure Sony's Magicgate Memory Stick beat this Sandisk product to market by about a few years.

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Re:Hooray! by Gefunden · 2005-09-28 01:37 · Score: 0, Redundant

you mean a library?

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