From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:is9oe1tsijqn3v0c880f6b3bi94cgo21ch{at}4ax.com...
> > For DRM, in a rare occurrence, the demon extends beyond Redmond.  I like
> the more general 'Digital Restrictions Management' expansion of the TLA.
> It is not about rights, but about restrictions.   Via technology, the
> content providers are restricting the legal rights that I have over the
> content I purchase.  The very rights that have been affirmed by the
> Supreme Court of this great country of ours.
>
>  /m
>

Yet when revenues fall they won't blame the restriction schemes but they'll
produce yet another pie chart that purports to show that it's the consumers
fault. I like to purchase gizmos yet that HD DVD format thread in
digital.entertainment would make me stay clear of any DVD product whose
disc playback capability can be revoked at the whim of some bean counter. 
We soon will no longer own anything but will have the 'rights' to rent

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