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* Here's one that's both software and hardware at once. A form of copy protection for music CDs involved making the data initially read by a PC (but, theoretically, not a CD player) intentionally corrupted, which would prevent a PC from copying or even playing the CD. Which would have been brilliant, if not for the fact that you could use a Sharpie marker to physically prevent a PC from reading the corrupted part, forcing it to start on a working part, allowing you to play your CD on the computer.
** That's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal XCP].
* Game manuals for [[Nintendo 3DS]] games include this lovely bit of text: "''{{color|red|
** [http://gbatemp.net/t284730-3ds-bricking-rumor It may or may not be true.]
** And then there's emulation, which is blocked by the innovations of the system; good luck emulating the 3D screen or the gyroscope.
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