苹果将研发类似于WGA的反盗版装置

苹果正在步微软的后尘,他们正在美国专利和商标局更新了一个有关于产品激活和反盗版的专利.
包括其操作系统和个人数码消费品在内的产品都有可能被这一技术进行保护.从专利描述"Run-Time Code Injection To Perform Checks" 中我们可以看出这一技术基于代码注入技术,同时我们还可以注意到这一应用还对硬件平台加以保护,这是否意味着未来的iPod之类的设备会完全对盗版音乐说不?

A digital rights management system permits an application owner to cause code to be injected into the application's run-time instruction stream so as to restrict execution of that application to specific hardware platforms. In a first phase, an authorizing entity (e.g., an application owner or platform manufacturer) authorizes one or more applications to execute on a given hardware platform. Later, during application run-time, code is injected that performs periodic checks are made to determine if the application continues to run on the previously authorized hardware platform. If a periodic check fails, at least part of the application's execution string is terminated--effectively rendering the application non-usable. The periodic check is transparent to the user and difficult to circumvent.

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