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Zune Won't Play Old DRM Infected Files
Spritzer writes "According to the EFF, the new Zune portable media player from Microsoft won't play files infected with the old Microsoft DRM. It seems that all of the 'PlaysforSure' media that has been sold and is currently being sold will not play on the Zune. In addition, Microsoft has now advocated violating the DMCA in order to transfer files to the player. Microsoft Zune architect J Allard was quoted as saying there's 'Lots of DVD ripping software out there that encodes to those formats, so the most popular formats out there, whether it's MPEG-4 or H.264, we'll support those.'" ZDNet offers up additional commentary on this revelation.
Individuals are entitled to bend over and take it in the ass, or go live in the woods and not participate in society at all.
Nobody is pointing a gun forcing you to pay for DRM-enabled media. If you want DRM-free media, then I suggest you go to the library and read a book. The modern digital era makes it way too easy for people to steal content...of course content creators want DRM. My wife is a video game developer at a small studio...without technologies like Macrovision SafeDisc, she probably wouldn't have a job due to rampant stealing of games. Anybody who steals software is an asshole and a thief. If you don't like the price, then go use something else. I use to steal music/games/software as a teenager. Then I grew up.
You are like a silly academic who argues about the meanings of words. Or my photography friend who claims that a picture taken with a digital camera cannot be called a "photograph"...its impossible by his definition.
Call it stealing, or call it "creating infringing copies". My livlihood depends on getting paid for my work. DRM will help prevent the creation of "infringing copies" that I don't get paid for. Therefore I support DRM, and so do most artists and content creators. I don't care how you explain it or what kinds of twisted concepts you spin it into. If you don't think software developers like myself should get paid for our work, then I suggest you move to a communist country and fvck off for stealing my work.