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FAQ: What Microsoft's block of 'American Gladiators' teaches us
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| Users of Windows Vista Media Centers who were blocked from recording two NBC
| shows last week are eager to learn why Microsoft is taking marching orders
| from broadcasters.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9950082-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Another case of Microsoft against customers:
MS bashes Gay(wood) Xbox Live gamer
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| We attempted to contact MS for a comment this morning, but our reporter
| Tristram Hornblower was cut off by the Beast of Redmond's switchboard after
| his identity tripped the company's "probable homosexualist" panic switch.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/22/xbox_gamertag/
Related:
The Word “LINUX” is inappropriate in XBOX Live
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| I love Linux and the XBOX 360, so yesterday I tried to include the
| word “LINUX” in the motto section on XBOX Live. I was stunned when I got a
| message saying “Your motto contains inappropriate language. Please try
| again”.
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http://riverag.com/2007/09/03/the-word-linux-is-inappropriate-in-xbox-live/
Yahoo! Answers is rejecting Open-Source options in answers
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| Someone got a computer from a friend that has some serious problems
| with Windows. S/he has none of the disks (XP or restore) and was
| asking for recommendations.
|
| [...]
|
| How is recommending freely available and legal alternatives abuse?
| ImgBurn is also a perfectly legal program, so are Ubuntu and Kubuntu
| (they're Linux).
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http://amandakerik.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/yahoo-answers-is-rejecting-open-source-options-in-answers/
http://tinyurl.com/ywglv7
Yahoo Censoring Open Source
http://slated.org/yahoo_censoring_open_source
Microsoft confirms Windows adheres to broadcast flag
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| News that the world's largest software maker has voluntarily agreed to help
| broadcasters control the recording of their shows is bound to outrage
| enthusiasts of digital video recorders, as it represents the biggest threat
| to the practice known as time shifting since the FCC's attempt to require
| flag adherence.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9946780-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Update: Why is NBC Flagging Digital TV Programs - and Why is Microsoft Obeying
It?
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| After further investigation of reports of Vista refusing to record NBC, we
| have found at least one case where a user receiving digital TV over-the-air
| has been blocked from recording TV shows. Justin Sanders, who took this
| screenshot, says he was recording Raleigh's HDTV channel WNCN-DT1 on his
| Vista machine when a popup stating that "restrictions set by the
| broadcaster ... prohibit recording of this program" appeared.
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| This is significant: this is the first case we've heard of equipment
| voluntarily obeying broadcast flag-like restrictions on TV content digitally
| broadcast over-the-air.
|
| The broadcast flag is a small piece of data broadcast alongside a digital TV
| program. The ability to flag broadcast content was created by the ATSC
| standard which governs digital TV broadcasts in the United States. By itself
| the broadcast flag cannot restrict use of broadcast content. Instead, its
| force comes from a tech mandate law - an FCC regulation - which required
| manufacturers of DTV-receiving devices to detect and respond to "switched on"
| broadcast flags. EFF and others opposed the use of the broadcast flag and
| fought successfully to have the FCC regulation overturned by the courts. We
| did that because it handed control over your hardware to a remote authority,
| limited your right to your fair use of media, and would have made illegal
| open source products like MythTV. As a result of that victory, manufacturers
| are not legally required to force their devices to detect and respond to the
| flag.
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| It would now appear that Microsoft has voluntarily chosen to obey such
| content restrictions in Vista, despite the successful work of thousands of
| users to defend Microsoft's right to innovate and our right to fair use.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/update-nbc-and-microsoft
Avoid the Vista badge, it means DRM inside
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| The root of this crappy DRM infection is Microsoft. It is the driving
| force here. This has nothing to do with protecting content, as we
| keep pointing out, there has never been a single thing that has had
| a DRM infection applied that didn't end up cracked on the net in
| hours. DRM is about walled gardens and control.
|
| He who controls the DRM infection controls the market. DRM is
| about preventing you from doing anything with the devices
| without paying the gatekeeper a fee. This is what MS wants,
| nothing less than a slice of everything watched, listened to
| or discussed from now on. DRM prevents others from playing
| there, thanks to the DMCA and other anti-consumer laws.
|
| Make no mistake, MS is pushing the DRM malware as hard as
| it can so it can rake in money hand over fist with no
| competition. It is really good at lock-in, in fact, the firm
| based its entire business model on harming the user so they
| have to comply and spend more.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38926
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