AHHHH!!! The inanity! (Score 1)

okay, so someone has probably pointed it out already, but
if so it bears repeating. B/c a lot of effort is
being expended on something that's effectively impossible.

As I understand the scheme: the info on the cd -software, music,
whatever, is encrypted. And there's a little chip on the disk that
decides if a read request is valid. If it is, then it also gives
you the key for decrypting the info. But then you've got the key. So you can copy the disc, encryption and all and use the
key. Or the decrypted info. All of these schemes are wasted effort,
b/c to enable an arbitrary person to use these things you have provide the means for decrypting the whatever-it-is along with the whatever it is. It really is ludicrous.