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Re: [News] Electronic Arts (EA) DRM Another Epic Fail

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____/ Sinister Midget on Wednesday 24 September 2008 14:46 : \____

> On 2008-09-24, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>
>> ____/ Phil Da Lick! on Wednesday 24 September 2008 12:09 : \____
> 
>>> tripod?
>>
>> Yes, they think that DRM serves a purpose and they have already ruined an
>> entire operating system because of it.
> 
> I can't go along with that part. Hollywood and the musical monopolists
> didn't ruin an OS. MS did. Rather, MS is responsible never creating a
> good one in the first place for Hollywood to help ruin.
> 
> Hollywood just convinced the "software" monopoly to insert DRM into
> their already unusable product lines.
> 
>> The tripod point was raised in Gutmann's paper. Next challenge: how
>> to 'disable' people's eyes and ears.

Yeah... I realised when I typed this that it could be interpreted as
though /only/ Hollywood is to blame. Not so...

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