Warming you up for Palladium (Score 1)

If MS has anything to say about it, I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of this type of marketing in the near future. Why? So that the average consumer will be used to using content how, when, and where MS wants them to by the time Palladium systems roll out. By then, they'll be able to spin hardware-based copy protection as an improvement in speed.

Who wants to bet the RIAA gets a system like this on deck about one year out from Palladium/fritz chips being mass-marketed? Just to get you warmed up to the thought that you, as a consumer, no longer own anything ... you just rent temporary rights to it.