Biometrics + RFID = DRM nightmare

What do you get when you combine RFID, BIT and DRM? Other than a completely unpronounceable acronym, you get a licensing scheme so restrictive that it could even please Dan Glickman. Researchers at UCLA are working on a system that could require purchasers of DVDs to provide a biometric key — such as a retina scan or fingerprint — to unlock the disc. The data would then be stored on an embedded RFID chip, making the disc unusable by anyone but the original purchaser. The system would require consumers to purchase new RFID-enabled DVD players, and would pretty much end the practice of sharing and reselling — not to mention renting — DVDs. Not too surprisingly, developer Rajit Gadh told Wired News, "I don't know quite what is going to work in the real world." Here's one clue: not this.