Are New DRM Technologies Setting Vista Up For Failure?

PetManimal writes "Computerworld has picked apart the way Vista handles DRM in terms of hardware and software restrictions. Trusted Platform Module, Output Protection Management, Protected Video Path and various Windows Media software components are designed to 'protect' copyrighted content against security breaches and unauthorized use. The article notes that many of the DRM technologies were forced upon Vista by the entertainment industry, but that may not garner Microsoft or Hollywood any sympathy with consumers: 'Matt Rosoff, lead analyst at research firm Directions On Microsoft, asserts that this process does not bode well for new content formats such as Blu-ray and HD-DVD, neither of which are likely to survive their association with DRM technology. "I could not be more skeptical about the viability of the DRM included with Vista, from either a technical or a business standpoint," Rosoff stated. "It's so consumer-unfriendly that I think it's bound to fail — and when it fails, it will sink whatever new formats content owners are trying to impose."'"

Comments

Wait a minute..

[T-Bucket]

You mean, consumers might somehow be offended by being bent over by major corporation after major corporation??? When did this happen???

yes no maybe fud notfud ponies

[Quantam]

That's about all I have to say on the matter.

Re:yes no maybe fud notfud ponies ...and!

[dwandy]

itsatrap!

Re:Why would anyone have a problem with hardware D

[myowntrueself]

Hey at least it'll save on the cost of backup media;

You back your DRM movies to tape, your motherboard fails and the hard drives are now unreadable. You reinstall on a new motherboard and restore the data from tape. Only the DRM content 'knows' that its been 'copied' to 'a different machine' and won't play.

So you give up on backups altogether and save a small fortune!

See, Microsoft *does* have your best interests at heart!