____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 01 January 2008 15:28 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Monday 31 December 2007 17:21 : \____
>>
>>> But copyright only works
>>> if we can rein in the robber barons.
>>
>> "Hey, Steve, just because you broke into Xerox?s store before I did and took
>> the TV doesn?t mean I can?t go in later and steal the stereo."
>>
>> --Bill Gates, Microsoft
>>
>> Bill Gates' piracy confession
>>
>> "If you read way down to the bottom of a Wall Street Journal interview with
>> Bill Gates that ran yesterday, you'll discover that the Microsoft executive
>> admitted to watching pirated movies on the Internet. The confession came as
>> he was talking about content he had viewed on YouTube."
>>
>> http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/2803
>>
>> Corbis and copyrights, you say?
>>
>
> Don't be fooled - Bill Gates does everything for a reason. This was
> done in order to demonstrate that YouTube is a hotbed of illegal
> material and should be shut-down, and the Microsoft version would be
> full of DRM and would have no such problems.
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| To that point, Soapbox was littered with pirated videos. This put
| Microsoft in a pickle. The software giant was agreeing to distribute
| content for entertainment companies whose copyright was commonly
| violated at its video-sharing site.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9725064-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
> Bill's point was the there
> was "illegal" material /on/ youtube.
Microsoft and Viacom recently partnered for advertising.
Microsoft Befriends Google's Foes
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| After a government- and monopoly-inspired period in which Microsoft had
| to pretend to be a gentle force for global good, the company is being
| forced to return to its ruthless roots. Ironically, it is doing this
| in part by decrying the unfair practices of a competitor and
| shamelessly sucking up to the Establishment.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/microsoft-google-blodget-tech-cx_hb_0306blodget.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/3bewws
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~~ Best of wishes
"We should dedicate a cross-group team to come up with ways to leverage Windows
technically more."
--Jim Allchin, Microsoft
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