Roy Schestowitz wrote:
Vista's restrictions highlight digital rights debate
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| But the call has touched a nerve with observers and advocates, and
| EMI is reportedly in talks with online music services to offer
| DRM-free music.
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| Even Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said DRM is too complex for
| most people.
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| In a meeting with prominent technology bloggers at Microsoft's
| headquarters in Redmond, Wash., on Dec. 14, 2006, Gates reportedly
| recommended that people simply rip their music tracks from CDs if
| they wanted to transfer songs between devices or computers.
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| "I think DRM will probably eventually go away," FAD Research's
| Punnett said.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/vista-digitalrights.html
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