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Old 02-18-2007, 09:50 PM   #2
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While I usually don't defend Microsoft after reading the article it sounds like Bruce Schneier (the author) is on an anti-Microsoft crusade. Everything that Microsoft puts in for copy protection will eventually be cracked and I highly doubt that Vista is being "Big Brother" by monitoring what a person does. Second even if HD-DVD and Blu-ray are cracked, who in their right mind would want to copy it? It would be a big file, taking up space and computing power that the end cost wouldn't be worth it - you would barely break even in my opinion. Thirdly, the movie industry does have the right to protect their work, just ask yourself this "Would you want your hard work to be copied and then shared"? I bet you the answered will be no. Lastly Vista isn't the only one with DRM copy protection, for from what I have read so will HD-DVD players and Blu-Ray Players, TV's have DRM Copy protection built into them (I think they already have, but they haven't enabled this feature yet). However, it's not that to say I don't totally disagree with the article for there are some valid points in the article, it just to me so one sided that I'll have to read some more about this from a fair and partial source.
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