DRM is (almost) dead
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| The confusion the industry is in is best illustrated by Bill Gates, who
| told a bunch of bloggers that he advised users just to rip their CD's
| and on the other hand Steve Ballmer, who not only released the most
| DRM infested software product in the history of computing, but also
| proposed even harder anti-piracy measures (read: DRM).
|
| [...]
|
| The Dutch have a saying "an ass doesn't stumble over the same stone twice",
| meaning a smart man learns from his mistakes and doesn't repeat them. What
| do you think we call people who do?
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http://thebeez.vnunetblogs.com/the_beez_speaks/2007/03/drm_is_almost_d.html
Related:
Microsoft: We Like DRM
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| Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital
| tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple
| in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things
| are, says media exec Robbie Bach.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y
Microsoft launches 'PlayReady' DRM system
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| Although digital rights management (DRM) is popular with content
| creators, it has attracted criticism. Sony was widely attacked after
| using a rootkit-like application to hide content protection on some
| music CDs, and earlier this month Apple CEO Steve Jobs called on
| the music industry to drop its use of DRM.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6158553.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Vista Month: Welcome To The DRM?
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| Despite some software snafu's, notably iTunes and Camera Raw data
| mangling, we've been cautiously optimistic about Windows Vista.
| However there is one elephant in the room that we haven't addressed
| -- DRM. As it ships Windows Vista has support for DRM built
| into very low-level areas of the OS.
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http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/vista_month_wel.html
Why Microsoft will fight for DRM
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| In a DRM-free world Windows Media formats are basically dead.
| Online stores locked out of the iPod because of FairPlay. Will
| not choose to lock themselves out by using only Windows Media if
| they use it at all. I think it?s obvious that the people at
| Microsoft know that. When the number one MP3 player will never
| support your format, Microsoft is left with a lot invested in
| something that won?t amount to much. The only way Microsoft
| can save its investment in Windows Media is to have a DRM
| Windows Media player that is a run away success. This is why
| Microsoft will not join with Apple in calling for a DRM-free
| world. They need DRM so they are going to fight for it.
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http://km.lqz.ca/blog/tech/microsoft-fight-drm/
Golden Rant : Microsoft DRM's gone too far
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| Microsoft appears to have hit the wrong button on its critical
| Windows XP download service late last month, pretty well forcing
| every XP user to upgrade to Windows Media Player (WiMP) 11 if
| they (like me and many others) have the automatic download/install
| option enabled for critical updates.
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http://securityblog.itproportal.com/?p=712
Allchin's Windows Media Device Lament
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| But going back to November 2003 for a moment: Allchin responded
| to Majidimehr, "I think I should talk with Jobs. Right now, I think
| I should open up a dialog for support of the iPod. Unless something
| changes, the iPod will drive people away from WMP."
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/games_consumer/allchins_windows_media_device_lament.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/36z3d5
BBC plans to lock viewers into Microsoft monopoly says Open Source Consortium
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| The Open Source Consortium (OSC) believes the plans are anti-competitive
| and will use public money to lock viewers into the technologies of
| a repeatedly convicted monopolist.
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http://www.publictechnology.net/article_avantgo.php?sid=7655
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| "In the meantime, it's nice to see that Microsoft's COO hasn't lost his
| Wal-Mart friends (he was CIO there, of course, before he joined Microsoft).
| It's important to call a favor now and again. Whatever smoke and mirrors it
| takes to get by"
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/01/the_appearance.html
Wal-Mart to launch video downloads
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| They won't work with Macintosh or Linux-based computers or with iPods.
| The downloads can be backed up as many as three times, including to a
| DVD, but the backup DVD won't play in a conventional DVD player.
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http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=70062
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