Posted by Morgan Montague on 03/07/06 00:34

"Brendan R. Wehrung" <ck183@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
news:dugjfp$qu6$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
> There's been talk (although none recently) that Microsoft is trying to
> strike a Devil's Deal with the movie industry over copying of DVDs,
> imposing a block in the new Vista OS they expect to start selling in
> December.
>
> Anybody heard more about this?
>
> Brendan.

I expect that Microsoft will amp-up their DRM portion of the OS, but will it
limit DVD copying? I kind of doubt it since it will pretty much make Vista
a non-starter in the marketplace. Vista needs to do something more, not
less, to get people to migrate from XP and other OS's.

If Vista made copying DVD's it would probably make Linux and Intel based Mac
software much more attractive. Can't see Bill cutting his throat just
because Hollywood is humping his leg.

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