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Can Hollywood Learn From Intuit?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'll-give-you-three-guesses dept.

Ironica writes "Readers will recall the furor over Intuit's activation scheme for TurboTax 2002, which prompted a lawsuit and subsequently was removed from TT2002 and all future products. Here's an interesting editorial on CNNMoney suggesting that other DRM proponents could take a page out of Intuit's book ... if they have the sense."

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  1. Re:The problem is not entirly Hollywood's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Customer: Waiter, there's a fly in my soup!
    Waiter: What do you expect, sir, we bought our soup from the corner shop!

    Customer: Waiter, there's a fly in my soup!
    Waiter: That's a very diplomatic way of putting it. Shall I ask that Coon opposite you to leave?

    Customer: Waiter, there's a coon in my cabbage!
    Waiter: Never mind the coon! Get your thumb out of my earlobes, sir!

  2. This is a karma whore. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    He's using those three magic letters: "R", "I" and "A". His comment is so short he's obviously just trying to take advantage of the sheep like moderators by whoring by saying "RIAA" to look smart. Fucking moron.

  3. Bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Is Hebrewwood going to push DRM. Yes!
    Can you do somethingabout it? Yes! Stop watching their films, they suck anyways

  4. Simple. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The reason is that AC is a user who must be bribing CmdrTaco and Timothy with monetary and sexual favours. His jizz is probably being ejected across his screen as we speak.

    Would you like some ererct dog cock?