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 Posted by Goro on 09/29/66 11:32 
Justin wrote: 
> Mark Jones wrote on [Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:24:47 GMT]: 
> > Goro wrote: 
> >> Thomas A. Horsley wrote: 
> >>>> As far as I'm concerned, the current implementation of DRM just 
> >>>> isn't worth it to me.  I can get music elsewhere.   Money isn't the 
> >>>> point.  It's the hassle. 
> >>> 
> >>> The really pitiful thing is how pointless it all is. Do a google 
> >>> search for "total recorder" - it is a tool that essentially allows 
> >>> you to "rip" the audio data as it shows up at your soundcard. So you 
> >>> can turn any kind of DRM protected music into a totally DRM free 
> >>> audio track merely by listening to it once :-). 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> hey, don't worry about it.  Microsoft will fix this in Vista. 
> >> 
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base 
> >> 
> > This will simply convince even more people to switch to Linux. 
> 
> Nah, OS X or whatever it's called will be running on Intel by then. 
 
In making an argument AGAINST an operating system's increased 
implementation of DRM, it's probably not good to invoke a GREATER 
proponent of DRM.   DRM is alive and well and likely to be much more 
stringent in Apple than in MS. 
 
-goro-
 
  
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