Apple and Intel: all about DRM? Rick Forno writes (on Dave Farber's IP list):
Jobs wants the Mac to be more entertainment-friendly boxes. Intel has
already started selling CPUs with DRM built in that facilitate Hollywood's
control over content played/processed by Wintel PCs. What if the change to
Intel is designed to "protect" Apple from MPAA lawsuits etc or at least
"better position it" (in Hollywood's eyes) from a technological sense
if/when it starts to offer video-on-demand type stuff via iTunes?
Frankly. If that's true, I'll be off to buy the biggest baddest IBM PowerPC
G5 - based non-DRM-toting box I can get and have my order placed well before
Jobs finishes his keynote speech at WWDC.
CNET has a story, posted on Saturday, that agrees. Even Leander Kahney, once very skeptical, sees the potential (thanks for the tip, Paul). Mac recast as the living room PC/digital hub...
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