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- Jhorra, on 10/11/2007, -2/+203Wow, the sheer arogance of this company is astounding.
- WarpFox, on 10/11/2007, -1/+158You aren't using my company's product. Time for a lawsuit!
- next, on 10/11/2007, -1/+88Does this mean they're going to fight to have Linux outlawed?
That's so cute. Time to open StreamRipper and get some trance from DI.fm - Charron, on 10/11/2007, -2/+84"Who the hell uses Sound Recorder to rip audio streams and then turns them into WMA's and plays them on a Zune?"
Curses, they're onto me. - timdorr, on 10/11/2007, -4/+75Wow, check out this choice quote:
He also claims that Vista includes a built-in ripper—the dastardly Sound Recorder, which can "deaggregate performance-based streams of unlimited duration and convert them into unprotected WMA downloads, easily uploaded onto Zune players."
Uh....you mean all 5 Zune owners? Who the hell uses Sound Recorder to rip audio streams and then turns them into WMA's and plays them on a Zune? I think you'll have better luck finding Bigfoot than someone who does that. - skyanathema, on 10/11/2007, -2/+60MS probably has more lawyers then programmers at this point
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+55If they'll sue a company for not using their product, they'll probably sue you for emailing them.
- JokesOnYouBoy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+56"The problem has now eclipsed P2P file sharing as the #1 form of digital piracy"
Er.... no.. - LetsGoHawks, on 10/11/2007, -1/+46So David's company sues several Goliath's as a PR stunt. dumb dumb dumb
"Let's sue these companies who were never going to use our product anyway and with the exposure we might find customers or a buyout offer".
Even I know that Microsoft's policy toward suits is "never settle", so they can't be hoping for that. They can't be dumb enough to think that they can actually exploit this loophole because they don't hold any copyrights, so they haven't suffered any loss.....
I'm hoping they get counter sued and pushed out of business. - SteelFrog, on 10/11/2007, -5/+48Madness? THIS. IS. DRM!
(So yeah, I guess it is madness.)
[EDIT- Noooo, beaten to the punch!] - chris9902, on 10/11/2007, -6/+47no but I've never been sued for using torrents either. what's you point?
- chris9902, on 10/11/2007, -2/+40cut backs forced them to take 2 jobs. Why do you think Vista took so long.
"I really like this new start bar... but have I infringed on my own copyright? I'm not letting myself get away with that... I'm going down buddy" - etandrib, on 10/11/2007, -1/+36Man, this is a great idea. I'm suing everyone for NOT using my product. I gotta go talk to my lawyer about this.
- uberphildo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+35Just sent them this:
After reading an article on www.arstechnica.com about your recent filing against Apple, Adobe and others regarding their players' inability to protect people from ripping songs from internet streams, I have to wonder why you aren't also targeting traditional broadcast radio stations, or the people that manufacture stereo equipment? Using products such as Griffin Technology's RadioShark ( http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/radioshark2/ ), you can easily record songs from FM broadcasts just as you can using stream-ripping equipment to get songs from internet streams. It seems like you have a lofty goal, but are only pursuing a small portion of it. - fate3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+32just added to the list of people being sued by MRT: the Internet
- gcnaddict, on 10/11/2007, -4/+35This. Is. MEDIA RIGHTS TECHNOLOGY!
Okay, that's my 300 cap for the day. - KnightMareInc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+28rofl @ sending lawyers after MS and Apple.
- RedHerringHack, on 10/11/2007, -0/+27This article gave me a good laugh. Thanks!
- CoyoteByte, on 10/11/2007, -2/+28It's also linked to in the article, but here's MRT's website and e-mail address if you would like to tell them what you think of the merits of their lawsuit:
http://www.mediarightstech.com/
info@mediarightstech.com - matriculated, on 10/11/2007, -3/+29Who the hell uses streamrippers? Wouldn't it be easier to get a torrent?
- monkeywaffles, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24Best line ever:
He also claims that Vista includes a built-in ripper—the dastardly Sound Recorder, which can "deaggregate performance-based streams of unlimited duration and convert them into unprotected WMA downloads, easily uploaded onto Zune players."
In other news... the evil hacking tool known only as 'notepad' was also found to allow users to duplicate copyrighted text content. - Cyber_Akuma, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25Dear MRT,
From Microsoft and Apple;
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Go ahead, sue us, I dare you. Our 1,000,000 lawyers think this lawsuit will be fun.
Signed,
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs - Retuow, on 10/11/2007, -3/+23This is madness!
- eatsushi, on 10/11/2007, -2/+22only in an ideal world my friend... only in an ideal world
*turns and looks at sun with single tear - HappyScrappy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19The fact that they could even pull this PR stunt is indication of how ***** the DMCA is.
- andnever, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19does this company actually think that even with their ***** DRM they could stop someone who wanted to rip a stream from doing so? if it plays/displays through your computer there is always a way to capture it
- SwiftJ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19This seems like a legalistic form of extortion to me. Nice company you've got there...it would be a shame if something "happened" to it...
- khyberkitsune, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17In other news:
Microsoft, Apple, and others, in a first for history, team up and bury this lame ass company, acquire the technology for next to nothing in a countersuit, and all share the technology! - maninblac1, on 10/11/2007, -6/+21"Together these four companies are responsible for 98 percent of the media players in the marketplace"
Aren't they forgetting a few, winamp, VLC, etc....
I mean, really, how can you ignore winamp, it's install base is just as big as itunes. - lorductape, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15every time people send a DRM-related cease and desist, god kills a puppy.
- Rkstar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15Can you send a cease & desist letter to a company to get them to stop sending out cease & desist letters?
- BlackAdderIII, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17It's about time these ideas were mercilessly crushed in court, but the reality is that you can use the DMCA to make interoperability software and hardware support illegal to develop.
For that reason, copy protection measures in software (as well as TCP/TPM) are very useful to producers of closed platforms because they may be able to eliminate the competition by law in the future, and feature in both Apple and Microsoft's work.
I feel these companies are different types of business with different interests in this matter - no guarantees of a united front here. - Wacer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13They don't like the idea that your streaming content from a site and they can't tell that your pirating it. With a torrent, they can look at the tracker site and tell if the content is illegal.
This company is crazy to go after the software that is on the receiving end of the stream. They are in effect trying to force all companies to use their technology by using the DMCA to achieve their goals.
Plain and simple, everybody needs to write their representatives and get this stupid Copyright Act erased from the law books. - lowerlogic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13Anyone else find it ironic that a company named Media Rights Technology is all about removing rights?
- CourageousRobot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13Their website offers a "nice demo" of what their product does:
http://www.mediarightstech.com/demo/demolarge.html
Please note, they are using Flash... one of the applications they are suing Adobe for... - cyberoidx, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14Using a streamripper can be easier, and faster, plus better for people with an upload cap
- Cyber_Akuma, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12Yes but this is more like little timmy from across the street trying to intimidate the Yakuza.
- merreborn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11@uberPhildo
They're going where the money is. That's the first rule of frivolous lawsuits. Your kid got hit in the head with a bat at his little league game? Don't sue the other kid's parents -- they pull in $50k a year at best -- sue the bat company! - Cyber_Akuma, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Dear Apple and Microsoft.
There are many diggers here that hate Apple, there are also many diggers here that hate Microsoft. This is one of those few times where basically both of these people are joined together and are on both of your sides. You two pretty much have the most powerful lawyers on the planet. Please sue these morons into oblivion. Thank You. - Philluminati, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11ALL media players can understand a few unencrypted types. What the hell doesn't play AVI, MPEG or MP3? Without those products there would be no customers for this digital material. That's like saying speakers on a pc or hi fi are illegal because you can understand the sound they make.
- meuge, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12It's a genius move. A company that nobody ever heard of has just generated for itself $5-10 million worth of FREE publicity.
- zioxide, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Yes, unless they are so stupid that they actually sue Apple and MS. Then Apple and MS counter-sue them into bankruptcy for starting a frivolous lawsuit.
- Loonacy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10So if I make some copy protections for AM/FM broadcast radio to prevent cassette tapes from recording it, can I sue radio makers for not including my technology?
- dfunct, on 10/11/2007, -3/+13I'd send back a link to an unencrypted stream of the company laughing at them
That'll teach 'em - protogenxl, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9While this is a good way to get publicity I don't think this company has the resources to put up a four way fight for more than a year.
To paraphrase an old Newspaper adage.
Never pick a fight with someone who hires lawyers by the dorm building. - netmugger, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Wonder how many MRT corp officers, employees, lawyers and family members have ipods?
If they have them - will they sue themselves for using itunes!
Apple should terminate their accounts just for giggles. - mrdlcastle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Hopefully this will bring to light how ridiculous the DMCA is. Now we are having folks that don't even own the content suing players because they don't support one form of DRM or the other.
This is ridiculous! - Cyber_Akuma, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10If that were true all canines would have long gone extinct.
- antoniocapo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12more lawyers = more non-sense. lawyers just don't get the internet
- Philluminati, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9don't forget TV or artists that give live performances.
(Except Hed P.E., when they sing, it does sound encrypted) -
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