Comments on: Big Music’s Wish List

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:24:53 +0000

I have a suggestion to the Music Industry.
Continue your discussion with Microsoft, and implement what u want in Longhorn.
But we the people, will not buy Longhorn or upgrade to Longhorn, we just continue using our Windows XP, 98, Me or Linux.

People are not zombies, few ppl will do what they are told, but many more have brains, to reason a way out. Or when u have a 6 figure salary, u forget even the simple things?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 00:54:23 +0000

“In the meanwhile, “EMI, in particular, has previously talked with Microsoft about ways to make copy protection a simpler experience by building support more deeply into the operating system,” according to CNET.”

That’ll just drive people to open source (Linux) even quicker…

Plus it smacks of TCPA which should make us all shudder, soon the power will shift back from the individual people to corporations unless computers remain our own tools unfettered by the fear of what we as individuals can accomplish instead of what corporate entities want us to do.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:22:48 +0000

“support technologies that might be viewed by consumers as aggressive or potentially related to spyware, sources said”

Too late… (read: [minimally] windows media player for windows xp, not windows media player 6.4)

And these other ‘protection mechanisms’ are already viewed by many as the things they don’t want people to view them as.

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The “because” to the world’s “why”? Mark 7:21-23

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 08:56:09 +0000

Not to sound like a conspiracy nut but that was part of the reason I bough an Iriver IHP 120. That way I can just plug in any music source and rip it straight to mp3. Forget copy protection! Granted, I don’t intend to use it to not pay for music but I will use it to ensure that I can always enjoy my own music in whatever format I see fit.