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Microsoft Patents DRM'd Torrents

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-patent-torrenting-torrents dept.

Anonymous Crobar writes "Microsoft has received a patent for a 'digital rights management scheme for an on-demand distributed streaming system,' or using a P2P network to distribute commercial media content. The patent, #7,639,805, covers a method of individually encrypting each packet with a separate key and allowing users to decrypt differing levels of quality depending on the license that has been purchased."

3 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. Re:That's actually pretty clever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the fuck are you talking about? I'll just jump on the usual pirated torrent, thanks.

    Here let me fix that for you!

    What the turnip are you microwaving about? I'll just slice on the usual baking apple, thanks.

    There fixed that for you! :-) No need to thank me! :-)

  2. Re:blah blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you did some work on "blah blah"? because that's what you replied to. oh wait, you just wanted to get a top level post.

  3. Re:Solves the piracy problem at the user end... by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    except that "stealing" a product results in a civil fine.

    Depends. This hasn't been true in U.S. for over 10 years, for example.