A Copyright Cop In Every Zune

Mike writes "As if the Zune wasn't already crippled and unpopular enough, now comes a story indicating that Microsoft may build a 'Copyright Cop' into every Zune. A future update of the software for Microsoft's portable media player will likely include a 'feature' that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on it. The president of digital distribution for NBC, J. B. Perrette, said the plan is to create 'filtering technology that allows for playback of legitimately purchased content versus non-legitimately purchased content.' Of course there's no way to tell legitimate content that you create from 'non-legitimate' content, so this looks like just another nail in the coffin of the Zune." Update: 05/08 20:50 GMT by T : From Microsoft employee Cesar Menendez comes this categorical denial of any such filtering mechanism.

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Re:premature application of "trust"

[Kalriath]

God, twitter, shut the hell up. If you don't want one, don't buy it. It works for everyone else that doesn't own one.

Seriously, Slashdot is the last place to go ranting about not buying a Zune since, by definition, almost noone here will own one.

It's bollocks like this post that are why your posts on all five accounts start at -1 (it's still five accounts, right? Or are we at seven now?)