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Systems and methods for disabling software components to protect digital media

  • US 7,500,267 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2004
  • Issued: 03/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for disabling and replacing computing components, said instructions comprising:

  • instructions for a policy engine that reads at least one list of computing components that are used in circumventing digital media protection technology, said list identifying at least one computing component for global revocation and a Uniform Resource Locator (“

    URL”

    ) for use in replacing said at least one computing component;

    instructions for disabling by said policy engine said at least one computing component on said at least one list of computing components that are used in circumventing digital media protection technology, in response to an attempt to access a digital media object comprising at least one of a movie, song, book, illustration, photograph, or useful collection of data; and

    instructions for assisting in replacing the at least one computing component, comprising instructions for accessing said URL in said list of computing components.

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