Posted by
timothy
on from the don't-miss-an-episode-of-%83hd1nzz dept.
karrde writes "CNet (and others) is reporting that: 'Microsoft has bowed to consumer pressure and pulled back from a controversial plan that would have encrypted TV shows recorded on forthcoming digital media PCs.' One could hope that this will be the first many decisions in this direction."
The whole "digital PC"...
by
mao+che+minh
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...deal is actually a good idea: A prepackeged solution that affords end users (I.E. non-technical users that lack the knowledge to use a collection of existing hardware and software to acccomplish this themselves) a simple "take out of the box, plug in, and go" solution for recording and viewing digital media, yet still remaining a fully-fledged PC. To top it all off, a legitimate OEM manufacturer will provide support for the package.
However, such a thing screams of after-the-inital-retail-sale revenue, and vultures like Microsoft and Sony will be the first to swoop in. (In fact, I bet Sony already has some comparable solution, or is planning on releasing one very shortly) If Microsoft bowed to user disgust on the point of encryption, then they must be planning on implementing a much more intrusive and restrictive feature that they can get away with mentioning in some "open the package and you activate me" license agreement. We cannot logically conclude that Microsoft will not implement something that will prevent people from sharing the content created with Microsoft applications, not without a fee or something anyways.
Sorry to sound like an anti-Microsoft troll, but it is so very hard to give them the benefit of the doubt on anything.
Re:im pretty sure bill was tricked into this...
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frenetic3
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"Which brings me to my next point. Don't smoke crack."
-- "Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
WTF is with .com.com
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ByTor-2112
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This is way way off topic, but it has been eating at my brain... WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE.com.com!!!!!!!!!
thank you drive through.
Re:WTF is with .com.com
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questionlp
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CNet has the domain registration for.com.com and I think they are just trying to flaunt it as much as they can... or they have a sick sense of humo{r,ur}.
Going to http://com.com brings you to http://www.cnet.com/aboutcnet/0-13611.html.
Re:WTF is with .com.com
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DigitalGlass
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news.com and news.com.com both resolve to seperate ip addresses. it is a possibility that they are a different servers set up to basicaly balance out the load. it is possible they are on 2 seperate net connections so a slashdotting doesn't kill their bandwith...
Slashdot Mirror
However, such a thing screams of after-the-inital-retail-sale revenue, and vultures like Microsoft and Sony will be the first to swoop in. (In fact, I bet Sony already has some comparable solution, or is planning on releasing one very shortly) If Microsoft bowed to user disgust on the point of encryption, then they must be planning on implementing a much more intrusive and restrictive feature that they can get away with mentioning in some "open the package and you activate me" license agreement. We cannot logically conclude that Microsoft will not implement something that will prevent people from sharing the content created with Microsoft applications, not without a fee or something anyways.
Sorry to sound like an anti-Microsoft troll, but it is so very hard to give them the benefit of the doubt on anything.
"Which brings me to my next point. Don't smoke crack."
"Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
This is way way off topic, but it has been eating at my brain... WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE .com.com!!!!!!!!!
thank you drive through.