Posted by Goro on 11/15/66 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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