| BaldrSkies said: While I wouldn't agree with locking the disc to a specific console/user, I think having anti-piracy measures on a proprietary layer in the disc is a good idea. It would be a major hindrance to piracy as that data could not easily be reproduced onto another disc with a standard burner. If it's physically unreadable in a standard disc drive that would make it even more secure. |
I can't imagine why you would block out an area on the disc to be burned for user data otherwise.
One thing to keep in mind, is that Sony could make the discs R/W, but just not in a console. So you could still take it in and sell it, but GameStop or another second-hand store would have to pay a fee to unlock the disc to clear off the data. Then, eventually, after so many uses it would be worthless. For instance, if there is enough space for 5 people to write user/console data to the disc, it wouldn't be reusable for anyone else but those five people.
Depending on how the RW is implemented, it would be possible to have it so that the usable space is limited to only so many users. The previous user info could be "erased" but it still takes up space on the disc. Or the entire area is reusable, but a counter is kept elsewhere that limits the number of times the disc is written.
