Intel's Sandy Bridge Including Hardware DRM

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  1. Kubo Kingdom Keeper

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    Intel's latest and greatest new processor seems to have some sharp edges directly aimed at copyright infringements.

    Without a big fuss made about it the processor has an extra hardware protection layer to make it impossible to copy streamed HD content to other media.

    Many anti DRM groups already vocalized against this practice as it isn't for Intel to decide how a user utilizes his legal property.

    Here is a snippet from Intel's own blog trying to suffocate the concerns: