Look out, software pirates....

Personal:
Since I don't play video games (and even if I did, I wouldn't have the time!), I have little vested interest in them. But this article caught my interest for the (possible) broader view of applying such technology to ALL future software:

'Subversive' code could kill off software piracy

10:28 10 October 03
Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition.

Software pirates who make illegal copies of a particular computer game are finding the games companies are coming up with a radical new anti-copying strategy.