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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."

13 of 232 comments (clear)

  1. If you had a perfect memory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would the MPAA/RIAA/etc want you to pay royalties for remembering things?

  2. Re:One slight problem... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Were they using their own software when they saw this loss?

  3. But....What if.... by GeneralEmergency · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...Hollywood made a movie about this?

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    "A microprocessor... is a terrible thing to waste." --
    GeneralEmergency
  4. French Class by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 4, Funny
    piracy. But DRM, like a soufflé, is incredibly hard to get right

    So...

    DRM = soufflé

    soufflé = to blow (in French)

    Therefore, DRM Blows!

    And thats a wrap!

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    If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
  5. Re:Fat Chance ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uhm, Intuit makes Quicken.

    Yeah.

    ac

  6. As simple as that! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The FAQ:
    Q: Can Hollywood Learn From Intuit?
    A: No.

  7. Re:One slight problem... by ramzak2k · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hollywood is in fact several dominant companies working together in a de facto monopoly.

    thats it ! i am switching to Bollywood. I might as well pick up some hindi before I move to India for some good programming jobs.

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  8. Re:Fat Chance ... by The+Bungi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Intuit has competition from Quicken

    In the dog-eat-dog world of tax preparation software, there's nothing worse than being assaulted by a product made down the hall from you - which fits in an entirely different niche.

    Worse fate than death, I tell you.

    In the meantime, Intuit does have competition from H&R Block and a few others.

  9. Hollywood... learn... by CanSpice · · Score: 4, Funny

    These two words to not go together.

  10. will Intuit learn from Hollywood by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is the 48 hr CD of TurboTax on it's way?

  11. Re:Fat Chance ... by Dirtside · · Score: 1, Funny
    In the dog-eat-dog world of tax preparation software,
    Given the much taxes I had to pay last year, I may well end up eating dog. Our neighborhood does have a lot of them... maybe I can get a job with Animal Control.
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    "Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
  12. Re:Every few years by jpt.d · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I thought movies never made any 'profit'.

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    What we see depends on mainly what we look for. -- John Lubbock Now search for that bug slave!
  13. Hollywood? Learn?? by coene · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can Hollywood Learn From ______________.

    No.