Comments on: Microsoft’s path for the future http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9398 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9398/comment-page-1#comment-67053 Reader's Write Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:25:14 +0000 #comment-67053 IMHO The Vista OS in combination with TPMs (trusted platform modules) will have the effect of locking out the majority of small software developers and content provides, particularly in (but not limited to) the areas of HD media content and playback. Kind of like the DMCA killing fair use for all things digital that include ANY form of DRM. That was not the stated goal, but fair use is dead where DRM is used none the less. IMHO The Vista OS in combination with TPMs (trusted platform modules) will have the effect of locking out the majority of small software developers and content provides, particularly in (but not limited to) the areas of HD media content and playback. Kind of like the DMCA killing fair use for all things digital that include ANY form of DRM. That was not the stated goal, but fair use is dead where DRM is used none the less.

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