EFF co-founder calls for CPRM boycott. eff co. John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Freedom Foundation, has called for a boycott of hardware containing CPRM (Copyright Protection for Recordable Media) mechanisms. John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Freedom Foundation, has called for a boycott of hardware containing CPRM (Copyright Protection for Recordable Media) mechanisms....

The technology created by IBM, Intel, Matsushita Electric and Toshiba, known as the Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM), could be on removable drives by this summer. The technology created by IBM, Intel, Matsushita Electric and Toshiba, known as the Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM), could be on removable drives by this summer....

Taking exception to the tenor of a story in CNet/ZDNet, The Register has compiled even more information on the Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) technology that OEMs could soon install on drives to help the entertainment industry control how owners use media. Taking exception to the tenor of a story in CNet/ZDNet, The Register has compiled even more information on the Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) technology that OEMs could soon install on drives to help the entertainment industry control how owners use media....

4C backpedals on CPRM. 4c backpedals on cprm. According to The Register, the 4C group (Intel, IBM, Matsushita Electric and Toshiba) has backed down on its Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) scheme that would have forced copyright protection software onto consumer drives. New proposals by Andre Hedrick, the Linux IDE guru and maintainer of the Linux ATA subsystem, would give users control of the CPRM on their machines. His amendment adds two new commands, which "SHALL be included in all devices that support/enable the CPRM 'e00148rX', which is now defined as OPTIONAL. Regardless if the CPRM key locks are supported, CPRM Enable:Disable SHALL be supported"....

C4 proposal takes CPRM off hard drives. c4 proposal takes cprm off hard drives. In his words, "Thus it appears that I have agreed to drop the no longer needed enable/disable CPRM feature set, because ATA-Devices supporting Word0 Bit6 set to ONE are not going to be allowed to have CPRM support! Thus we may have finally won the removal of CPRM from your HARD DRIVE!!...

He calls the plan "a serious threat to civil liberties" and says that, once in place, the entertainment lobby will use the law to go after coders who write software to counter the CPRM....

IBM abandons controversial CPRM. ibm abandons controversial cprm. IBM Corp., a member of the powerful 4C Entity along with Intel, Matsushita and Toshiba, has withdrawn support for Copy Protection for Recordable Media or CPRM. IBM Corp., a member of the powerful 4C Entity along with Intel, Matsushita and Toshiba, has withdrawn support for Copy Protection for Recordable Media or CPRM. Prior to the turnaround, it was assumed that the T.13 committee controlling the ATA storage standards would approve an amended form of the CPRM proposal that would limit its use to removable media....

CPRM inevitable, says HD guru. cprm inevitable. The Register reports that Hale Landis, an open standards advocate for twenty five years and a participant in the ANSI X3/NCITS Technical Committees responsible for the ATA and ATA/ATAPI standards since ...

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