The Null Device

Under pressure from critics and the penguinhead lobby, the CPRM committee are watering down the specification, allowing the user to switch it off or make special copy-controlled partitions. It remains to be seen whether this turns it into a paper tiger or keeps CPRM from being killed by lack of acceptance in the marketplace (as happened to consumer DAT tapes, another technology with built-in copy protection).

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