defectivebydesign.org — We have all read the stories about Vista being just a glorified DRM platform. But from Monday we will start to see what effect adoption of Vista will have on users' rights. DefectiveByDesign.org will be at the Vista launch parties in New York. Microsoft will be bringing the stars and comedians - but we won't be laughing.
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jugalatorJan 27, 2007
Vista doesn't take away user rights from *supporting* HDCP. Which part of "support" don't they get?Vista will play unprotected content just as fine as OS X or whatever.And I don't see competing operating systems doing more to free user's rights if you load up HD DRM'ed media...Some won't even play it yet, and that's giving the user even less rights to do what they want.
bgfelteninkJan 27, 2007
Kupa, those "factory computers" are made of the same parts... No offense but there's zero chance it's just the factory computer case doing it. Without any choice whatsoever you will be forced to buy DRMed soundcards and videocards, probably also motherboards. No choice in this regard.
blackadderiiiJan 27, 2007
One disgruntled user expressing a legit concern about OCing with the content protection mechanism in place (and a decent observation about Microsoft's misplaced "protection" priorities considering their history) gets dugg down 4 times......and then someone else gets kneejerk diggs because they quickly jumped down the throat of someone legitimately expressing concerns about Vista, despite the smart-assed comment about how "watching BR/HD content" with DRM on it covers data disks...To be honest, the level of astroturfing around here is getting disgusting - there must be some other way for you guys to earn your magic beans.
bamborzledJan 27, 2007
@geokenThat TPM chip isn't included in the latest batch of Macs, and the Macs that did include them didn't use them.
seppukoJan 27, 2007
Does no one else see "Ask Bono to stand with us for Digital Freedoms!"?Ask Bono, supporter of the DRMed iTunes Music Store and the iPod, to support to fight DRM?Good plan...While they're at it, maybe they should ask Hugh Hefner to fight against adult entertainment.
semwJan 28, 2007
> Vista was redesigned & recoded from the ground up FOCUSING on securityTechnically it wasn't recoded 'from the ground up'; the kernel is still at heart a heavily tweaked version of the Windows 2003 Server kernel. Plus all the legacy code in there for backwards compatibility reasons.(Blackadder: yeah, when a submission like this one gets so many diggs, you know Digg's full of MS fans... )
semwJan 28, 2007
RTM code has been available to volume license customers and anyone with an MSDN subscription since November.
jesusissatanJan 28, 2007
Microsoft already admitted DRM is going to eat CPU and system resources (one more thing to add to memory hogs list).I tell you, I smell a DRM class-action lawsuit in Microsoft's future. I had some legal DRM music files on my PC, and Windows Media Player 11 won't even let me back up the DRM licenses. I copied the DRM folder, but as soon as I reformatted my hard drive, those legal DRM files suddenly became useless even after restoring that folder. Also, I understand some DRM files need to connect to the websites holding those DRM rights, but what happens when the original company which sold me the music files folds and closes shop? So my files are only as good as long as X company is still in business? That's why I stay away from DRM files, but occasionally, I do need to use it.