____/ [H]omer on Wednesday 09 January 2008 05:52 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
>
>> Netflix has reportedly asked the author to downgrade to a
>> lower-resolution display to ensure he can view movies from multiple
>> services.
>>
>> If something like this becomes widely known and persists, this could
>> drive more people to Linux (once XP is defunct) than any number of
>> Vista bugs.
>
> Three things will likely happen:
>
> 1) ... People will completely avoid Vista (already happening)
> 2) ... People will get fed up of this DRM mess, and resort to
> "alternative channels", i.e. piracy
> 3) ... The RIAA/MPAA will give up their DRM nonsense, due to 2) above
>
> The current situation is untenable, and likely to only get worse. Once
> it reaches critical mass, the bubble will burst and finally some
> positive change will come, but not before an awful lot of people lose a
> lot of money on worthless DRM junk.
By the way (side note), these schematics confirm all those stories about
Microsoft's conspiracies with Hollywood. It would be interesting to see if
Microsoft has similar designs which it works on with HS, the FBI and NSA. It's
already known that Microsoft deliberately inserted a communication
standard/protocol with a back door. That was /after/ RTM.
Nice stuff, eh? Meanwhile, the German and Austrian police openly admit that
they conduct online searches, i.e. they have a little joyride on people's
Windows PCs as far as I can tell.
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