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[News] [Rival] Problems Laid Bare: Vista is a DRM Mess, Mac OS X Next?

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Problems Laid Bare: Vista is a DRM Mess, Mac OS X Next?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:28:57 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
AACS DRM tentacles reach far into operating systems

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| This is important but rarely acknowledged in these discussions (and my journo 
| discussion partner was rather surprised to learn this): Apple will also have 
| to adopt a strict DRM regimen at the most fundamental levels of Mac OS X in 
| order to be able to (legally) play back AACS-protected Blu-ray or HD DVD 
| discs (e.g., most commercial discs in those formats). Apple thus far has 
| avoided criticism, but only because the company has not unveiled its full 
| plans for appeasing the various requirements imposed by the AACS Licensing 
| Administrator for next-gen optical disc DRM.        
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http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/aacs-tentacles.ars

Be glad you're not using an O/S from Hollywood's friends.

Vista’s another WOW !!!

http://www.arunma.com/2007/08/13/vistas-another-wow/


Related:

Vista prevents users from playing high-def content, researcher says

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| While Microsoft’s intent is to protect commercial content, home movies are 
| increasingly being shot in high definition, Gutmann said. Many users are 
| finding they can’t play any content if it’s considered “premium.”  
| 
| “This is not commercial HD content being blocked, this is the users’ own 
| content,” Gutmann said. “The more premium content you have, the more output 
| is disabled.”   
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/080907-vista-high-def.html

Notes on Vista forensics

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| The problems are not only related to forensic software, however, and
| while some may be addressed with a simple driver update others may
| be considered even more fundamental as Scott A Moulton of Forensic
| Strategy Services, LLC. explains: "I still have major problems
| mounting large drives under Vista. I use many 1 terabyte or 2
| terabyte drives and Vista is absolutely worthless on these drives -
| I'm lucky if Vista does not actually mess the drive up. Deleting
| files is a nightmare and sometimes takes days. Just simply copying
| files is so slow it is unbearable.
| 
| "I received quite a few responses from people who have had similar
| issues and it seems that DRM [Digital Rights Management] may be the
| most probable cause. They've found that Vista tries to check each 
| file to see if there is a protection flag on it or not before even
| deleting the file."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/16/vista_forensics_2/page3.html


Microsoft: We Like DRM

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| Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital
| tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple
| in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things
| are, says media exec Robbie Bach.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y


The Longest Suicide Note in History

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| Gutmann: The genie's out of the bottle before the operating system has even
| been released! But that doesn't mean Vista users in particular - and
| the computer community at large - won't end up paying for Microsoft's
| DRM folly. At the risk of repeating myself repeating myself, yet
| another reason to move to Linux.
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http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/the_longest_suicide_note_in_hi.html


DRM in Windows Vista

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| Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
| These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
| They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will
| cause technical support problems. They may even require you to
| upgrade some of your peripheral hardware and existing software.
| And these features won't do anything useful. In fact, they're
| working against you. They're digital rights management (DRM)
| features built into Vista at the behest of the entertainment
| industry.
| 
| And you don't get to refuse them.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html


Avoid the Vista badge, it means DRM inside 

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| The root of this crappy DRM infection is Microsoft. It is the driving
| force here. This has nothing to do with protecting content, as we 
| keep pointing out, there has never been a single thing that has had
| a DRM infection applied that didn't end up cracked on the net in
| hours. DRM is about walled gardens and control.
| 
| He who controls the DRM infection controls the market. DRM is
| about preventing you from doing anything with the devices
| without paying the gatekeeper a fee. This is what MS wants,
| nothing less than a slice of everything watched, listened to
| or discussed from now on. DRM prevents others from playing
| there, thanks to the DMCA and other anti-consumer laws.
| 
| Make no mistake, MS is pushing the DRM malware as hard as
| it can so it can rake in money hand over fist with no
| competition. It is really good at lock-in, in fact, the firm
| based its entire business model on harming the user so they
| have to comply and spend more.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38926

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