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Latest Toast Update Combats Fair Use

Posted by pudge on from the back-in-my-day-we-burned-cds-with-a-handheld-laser dept.

gsfprez writes "Apparently, demanding future DRM installations isn't just for Windows anymore. Roxio has added a very Microsoft-esque paragraph to the Toast 5.1.4 upgrade. In part, if you install it, you 'may affect your ability to copy, display and/or play Secure Content through the Software or other applications that utilize the Software.' I'm sorry, but this is a big reason why I'm sticking with Apple, but looking for new CD/DVD burning software..." Let me know when you find it.

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  1. Re:Just FYI by sulli · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Maybe so, but unlike in Singapore ("Asian values" = caning) we have a tradition of individual rights. So, piracy notwithstanding, the onus is on us to protect such rights, and exercise them, and show no respect to those who would take them away in the name of their own convenience and fifth avenue mansions.

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    sulli
    RTFJ.