Music Industry Forcing WMA standard?

CtrlPhreak writes "Cnet news.com has a story up stating that the music industry is considering having cds that contain the un-rippable tracks as well as the windows media formatted files with limited uses ala Microsoft's digital rights management. Just one more brick in Microsoft's continuing monopoly..." And another format that I can't play back. Hope this one dies fast.

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Irrelevance

[virg_mattes]

Who cares who courted whom? The fact that Microsoft offers the recording industry what they want does not make it right for them to force my choice of digital music vendor. To go back to the original example, if Bridgestone offered the auto industry tires that mounted easier than other brands, it would still be wrong to insist that I use Bridgestone (perhaps by voiding my warranty for using a different brand). Moreover, since Microsoft does not offer a WMA player for Linux, the recording industry is attempting to force my choice of operating system by forbidding me digital music unless I run Windows, because Microsoft is making their lives easier. That's way, way out of line.

Virg