Vista and the Music Industry

BanjoBob writes "Vista locks down all the DRM functionality and actually reduces the quality of playback of some media. This includes both audio and video content. As a company creating music and video products, how can we use Vista to create, distribute, and use legal media? I have read nothing to indicate that Vista has a model to allow 'authorized' use without causing problems. Currently we use Windows 2000 and Linux products. If what we understand is true, Vista and future Microsoft products won't be viable options for us since prior to publication, media must be copied multiple times, edited, moved around, re-edited and often modified into various forms (trailers, etc.) before, during, and after production. This naturally includes backups and recovery. If Vista is intent on prohibiting these uses, then Microsoft is intent on keeping their products out of the realm of content creation and editing. How do others deal with these issues?"

Comments

Re:Switch to a Mac

[etelerro]

Switch to a Mac?

I think if you want to get rid of DRM problems, Apple isn't the way to go...
(They started the "mainstream" acceptation of DRM technologies with iTunes and iPod).

Re:Don't listen to the FUD

[blankaBrew]

Creative professionals use windows for content creation? When did this start? Really... I'm not trolling, but how many people does this actually affect? I think M$ wrote these people off years ago. The potential killer for M$ here is that there are more and more content creators everyday with the popularity of digital cameras, video cameras, cheap home audio mixer packages , bloggers and the boom in podcasters. Almost all home users could be considered content creators.