well nothing has been released to developers so that date is not likely to be true, how much time do devs need to test the betas ? and there is usually more then 3 with gaps of two weeks in between releases...
but i hope apple do this thing to stop installous and people stealing apps i mean if they pull it off what other reason do they have to stop people jailbreaking? or even provide iphones/firmware that allow you to install anything, if they can really stop the cracked apps then what will be their excuse to try stop it?
and for legit people maybe there could be some silent way to save your pass so it looks up your password every time you open the apps or some times every X amount of time so it does not drain battery and do it in the background so you cant see but it still checks your device and no hassle to the user..
i really hope they do it