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Re: Vista -- Rebellion Against the Customer

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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:58:24 -0600,
 Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 30 Dec 2006 10:50:57 -0800, Rex Ballard wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Feeding Frenzy: Digital Rights Management is really just an ecosystem for
>>> selling our own stuff to us again and again.
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| And into this confluence of greed and shared interest strides
>>>| Microsoft and Bill Gates promising a technical solution that
>>>| gives every potential partner exactly what they want.
>> 
>> Haven't we heard this before?
>> Remember their promise of DVD?
>> Remember how Windows ME was supposed to give us Video editing and
>> protect against piracy at the same time?
>
> This is all just stupid anyways.  DRM is a tool, which if unused is benign.
> If you don't like DRM, simply don't buy DRM protected content.  The DRM in
> the software will then go unused.  Content providers WILL get the hint when
> their protected content doesn't sell.


Some digital restriction management software will do that, some, like
that in the Zune, will impose it's idea of what you can do with your
property on you, whether you want it to or not. 

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