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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Monday, July 21, 2003 1:59:35 pm | by DavidHallett | Revert |
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It is the worst idea the media industry ever had, probably dreamed up by [MarkeTroid]s in a fit of rage when they realised their sales were down by 2% and assumed that by controlling distribution, they would somehow increase sales.
-It is likely that until as
the entertainment industry)
control every single device in your house capable of recording or playing back media, you can copy it if you can hear it. The RIAA and MPAA are big offenders in the struggle for control. Meanwhile, EMI is big on introducing [CopyControl]led discs, and several other big labels are hardly any better. Look for a little circle and triangle symbol on the case on any [CompactDisc]s you bought recently.
+It is likely that until the entertainment industry control every single device in your house capable of recording or playing back media, you can copy it if you can hear it. The RIAA and MPAA are big offenders in the struggle for control. Meanwhile, EMI is big on introducing [CopyControl]led discs, and several other big labels are hardly any better. Look for a little circle and triangle symbol on the case on any [CompactDisc]s you bought recently.
-Note it seems that WindowsXP
from MicrosoftCorporation has no problem with these [CopyControl]led discs and rips them with two clicks of the mouse. That seems odd, being that MicrosoftCorporation is pushing [Palladium] which is a rather large [DRM] effort, but maybe they only care about their own [DRM], and just not anyone else's [DRM].
+Note it seems that [Windows]XP
from MicrosoftCorporation has no problem with these [CopyControl]led discs and rips them with two clicks of the mouse. That seems odd, being that MicrosoftCorporation is pushing [Palladium] which is a rather large [DRM] effort, but maybe they only care about their own [DRM], and just not anyone else's [DRM].
