Flash Memory with Copy Protection

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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Re:So, there is no benefit at all to this technolo

[Nightlight3]

So, the only difference between this new flash and ordinary flash is that this one can do LESS ?

Similarly, the only difference between a rock and a Michaelangelo statue is that the statue has less rock. Or a difference between a woman at 18 and the same woman at 40 may be that at 18 her tummy had less fat. Or between you and an equivalent quantity of the same types of atoms that make your body is that your own atoms can be reshaped and rearranged much less while being you than the separate pile of atoms while remaining a pile of atoms. Less, icluding less free is often valuable and good.