Atari Founder Proclaims the End of Gaming Piracy [Slashdot]

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OMGZombies writes "Speaking on a conference held yesterday in New York, the Atari founder Nolan Bushnell said that a new stealth encryption chip called TPM will 'absolutely stop piracy of gameplay'. The chip is apparently being embedded on most of the new computer motherboards and is said to be 'uncrackable by people on the internet and by giving away passwords' though it won't stop movie or music piracy, since 'if you can watch it and you can hear it, you can copy it.'"http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/26/153222 (http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/26/153222&from=rss)
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[Ze_ro]

Good luck with that there, Nolan.

--Zero

[diskoboy]

Ah, the old "Build a better mousetrap" bit....

I give it 5 months before it's cracked/bypassed.

[swlovinist]

all hackers need is a challenge...they will find a way around it as always. They always have and always will.

[Atari 5200]

all hackers need is a challenge...they will find a way around it as always. They always have and always will.

Yeah, nothing is uncrackable.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

After making that statement, Nolan Bushnell, fully nude (except for his signature pipe) walked away, returned to the ocean from which he emerged ... swam out to sea and submerged not to be heard from again ...

http://blog.wired.com/games/images/2007/10/22/bushnell214.jpg

... a reporter on the scene snapped this photo right before Mr. Bushnell disappeared from sight.

[diskoboy]

After making that statement, Nolan Bushnell, fully nude (except for his signature pipe) walked away, returned to the ocean from which he emerged ... swam out to sea and submerged not to be heard from again ...

http://blog.wired.com/games/images/2007/10/22/bushnell214.jpg

... a reporter on the scene snapped this photo right before Mr. Bushnell disappeared from sight.

I often wonder what's actually IN that pipe of his....

[otoko]

Who wants to make a list of "uncrackable things" then list how many of those have been cracked?

[theghostlyguitarplayer]

Didn't they say something similar about Titanic?

-Adam-

[Sudo]

That's what he thinks.

[Kuros]

I often wonder what's actually IN that pipe of his....

Considering the quote he made... weed.

[Gapporin]

I'm sure the comparison has already been made somewhere, but anyways, that picture of Nolan always reminds me of this:

http://blog.wired.com/games/images/2007/10/22/bushnell214.jpghttp://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3382/gortonsfishermanjn1.jpg

[DeputyMoniker]

Yeah, nothing is uncrackable.

Nolan said game piracy is over. That's as official as it gets.

[dao2]

Nolan said game piracy is over. That's as official as it gets.

NOTHING CAN DEFEAT THE INTERNETS!

[Oobgarm]

So if this is implemented...

Does that mean everyone will HAVE to upgrade their machines since games will look for the new chip?

I'd be more pissed about that, honestly.

[DeputyMoniker]

So if this is implemented...

Does that mean everyone will HAVE to upgrade their machines since games will look for the new chip?

I'd be more pissed about that, honestly.

Especially considering the number of people who upgraded to Dual Core and Vista for DirectX 10. Bad time to be a PC gamer!! It's a pretty general rule that it is never a good time to buy a new PC but the last couple years have been hell on PC gamers.

[kaedesdisciple]

Methinks ol' Nolan is hanging out with Todd Bishop a bit too much.

[Slate]

I'm sure the comparison has already been made somewhere, but anyways, that picture of Nolan always reminds me of this:

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3382/gortonsfishermanjn1.jpg

Where did you get that picture? That reminds me of a movie I saw when I was 5 and I can't find out the name of it! It involved a girl killing the whole family and she was going to blow up the house with bombs. There was also an old guy in a boat who looked similar to the one in that picture you posted, he was even wearing the same color of a raincoat.

Sorry for going OT.

[Ed Oscuro]

Who wants to make a list of "uncrackable things" then list how many of those have been cracked?
Not Nolan's pipe, certainly.


Where did you get that picture? That reminds me of a movie I saw when I was 5 and I can't find out the name of it! It involved a girl killing the whole family and she was going to blow up the house with bombs. There was also an old guy in a boat who looked similar to the one in that picture you posted, he was even wearing the same color of a raincoat.

Sorry for going OT.
Gordon's, manufacturer of the renowned fish-like-sticks.

[scooterb23]

Sooo...they aren't going to make games anymore? I have a feeling that will be the only way to end gaming piracy.

[XYXZYZ]

Where did you get that picture? That reminds me of a movie I saw when I was 5 and I can't find out the name of it! It involved a girl killing the whole family and she was going to blow up the house with bombs. There was also an old guy in a boat who looked similar to the one in that picture you posted, he was even wearing the same color of a raincoat.

Sorry for going OT.

I think it's Capn' Gorton, of Gorton's Tasty Fishsticks Inc. I really like Gorton's grilled talapia fillets with garlic butter myself.

http://www.hungry-girl.com/sectionimg/901gortons.jpg

[XYXZYZ]

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Sculpture/Gortons/10.jpg

[misfits859]

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Sculpture/Gortons/10.jpg


I'm craving fish sticks all of a sudden...:puke:

[Gapporin]

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Sculpture/Gortons/10.jpg

Okay, okay, now it's time to steer this thread back on-topic...

*rimshot*

[rbudrick]

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Sculpture/Gortons/10.jpg

No, no, no, no NO!


FUCK!

-Rob

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Yeah, nothing is uncrackable.

https://www.ironkey.com/

unless somebody has gotten into that, I'd have to say that statement is false.

[Ed Oscuro]

https://www.ironkey.com/

unless somebody has gotten into that, I'd have to say that statement is false.
Two seconds in Google:

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/13/1230223

Yeah thanks next please

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Does that one use the exact same stuff? I'm pretty sure they are slightly different.

[Ed Oscuro]

Enjoy trusting your security to "a slight difference," then.

That's getting off topic, though, and pointless anyway.

There is no way that I know of that an un-piratable system is possible. The TPM chip just provides a gubbins and a secret code, but with direct access it can be defeated, and while we can't get Fire Shark sound emulation in MAME 'cuz of a security-protected sound chip, somebody out there probably could make a lot of money on defeating the TPM.

The closest thing to an un-piratable system I can think of would have to have two elements:

1.) It would stream everything from a distance
2.) Signal interception detection technology would have to be employed to make sure that nothing is being leeched off the access point/ console (but as with the TPM, I don't see how that's possible, because the pirate can access a console's interior)

And then, if you defeat all software pirates, there's the matter of fraud - credit card fraud, you name it. It's still technically piracy, now, isn't it?

tl;dr People attacking a nice guy because he made a rather insignificant exaggeration that will amuse some investors ITT

[Chuplayer]

This dude's still alive?

[Ed Oscuro]

This dude's still alive?
Ralph Baer too!