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Originally Posted by John F
Personally, I see a distinction. There is software on the things you mentioned go beyond a very basic level. But adding software to a drill for the sole purpose of preventing theft of a physical object seems different to me (as far as calling it DRM). How many drills have software on them. I guess I can see the stretch of saying the DRM is enforcing the copyright of the software on the drill, but it seems like quite a stretch.
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For the record, I think this is clearly just using digital tech to try to prevent theft, just like one of those inventory control tags on clothes, just leveled up. Nothing to do with protecting IP. I personally wouldn't have called this DRM, but I could see how the meaning could be expanded to cover it. Language tends to do stuff like that, and this at least has some logic to it.
Oh, and also for the record, I think the idea sucks.