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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:DVD's without protection by agrippa_cash · · Score: 5, Informative

    That was without macrovision: http://slashdot.org/articles/02/06/13/1650225.shtm l?tid=172 They didn't want to pay the MV royalty. Tapes are a pain in the ass to copy and DVD's are encrypted. The bottom line involved was not one dictated by consumer satisfaction.

  2. Maybe timothy & slash readers should read firs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative



    Think Intuit is giving up on drm?

    Maybe timothy and the slashdot crowd should check their facts first, before crediting Intuit with anything.

    Looks like Intuit's spin is working wonders.