Western Digital drive is DRM-crippled

[rwenzori]

Western Digital's 1TB My Book World Edition external hard drive has been crippled by DRM for your safety.

From the WD site:

"Due to unverifiable media license authentication, the most common audio and video file types cannot be shared with different users using WD Anywhere Access."

WD's list of banned file types encompasses over 35 extensions. This includes AAC, MP3, AVI, DivX, WMV, and QuickTime files. And - why not? — Windows TMP files too.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/07/western_digital_drm_crippled_harddrive/


A bit of a crock, that one!

 

[stoke]

Thanks 4 da headzup ... cryptography FTW!