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AMD's New DRM

Posted by kdawson on from the for-your-eyes-only dept.

DefectiveByDesign writes "Remember how AMD said they'd make use of ATI's GPU technology to make better technology? Well, not all change is progress. InfoWorld's Tom Yager reports that AMD plans to block access to the framebuffer in hardware to help enforce DRM schemes, such as allowing more restricted playback of Sony Blu-Ray disks. They can pry my Print Screen key from my cold, dead fingers."

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  1. Re:Power to the empire by operagost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone could use technology for evil. Again, why focus on Christians? The only Christian theocracy on earth is the Vatican-- although I should note that Denmark and (arguably) the UK have state churches that would never fly under the US Constitution.

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  2. Re:Why do this? by violet16 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    AMD is coming out with some super awesome new AMD MegaLIVE!++ media PC that will automagically buy and download every movie and TV show they ever wanted to watch, and will let them listen to music and watch movies everywhere they go, and it will cure cancer, stop global warming, end our dependence on foreign oil, and bring about world peace.

    Yeah, but does it run Linux?

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