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"For someone to use this information to unlock anything, they would have to implement it in silicon -- make a computer chip," Waldrop told Fox News, and that chip would have to live on a dedicated piece of hardware -- something Intel doesn't think is likely to happen in any substantial way.

http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?Prod=NEXYS2 Less than $100 with student ID! What a deal, folks. Step right up.

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The article's spin is that designing hardware is for the super-rich, but the subtext is that anyone who tries to sell this as a hardware product is going to get sued.

Aren't there provisions in the DCMA that would enable certain people to obtain such technology to use for legitimate DCMA enabled reasons?

Or is this going to be an IP issue?

There are exemptions to the DMCA, but in general the entire law works in exactly the opposite direction, and exists basically to prevent products like this from being brought to market.

Thankfully the DMCA only applies to one country and not all the other ones..

For now. ACTA appears to be aimed at cramming DMCA-style IP law reform down the throats of the rest of the world.

That makes me sad.

I go back to my cave now.

DMCA is only relevant for about 5% of the world's population. Don't be so sad, things are better than they seem.

Those negotiating ACTA are looking to change that...

How about a driver for a computer with an hdmi port?

How about a virtual video card driver?

Hey, it's Digilent! I know their president and founder--he teaches EE classes at my college and I took one from him. Aside from being a successful founder he's also a very entertaining lecturer.

They do some great work. The Nexys2 is one of the few genuinely open FPGA boards out there.

Hey, go cougs!

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