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Microsoft Acknowledges NBC's Wish is Its Command
theodp writes "Responding to questions about why some users of Windows Vista Media Center were prevented from recording the NBC Universal TV shows 'American Gladiator' and 'Medium,' Microsoft has acknowledged that Windows Media Centers will block users from recording TV shows at the request of a broadcaster. 'Microsoft included technologies in Windows based on rules set forth by the (Federal Communications Commission),' wrote a Microsoft spokeswoman, apparently referring to an FCC proposal that the courts struck down in 2005. 'Microsoft has put the requirements of broadcasters above what consumers want,' said the EFF's Danny O'Brien. 'They've imposed restrictions way beyond what the law requires. Customers need to know who Microsoft is listening to and how that affects their equipment. Right now, the only way customers know what Microsoft has agreed to is when the technology they've bought suddenly stops working. Microsoft needs to come clean and tell its customers what deals it has made.'"
Lock the wife and the dog in the boot of the car.
Return one hour later.
Who's happy to see you?
Have you tried anything but Winblows for that transfer? If you have not, you don't know if Tivo or M$ prevents it.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
switch to open source and say fuck you to the notion of piracy, as you can install linux and other FOSS on any number of computers you want, and sell it if you want
fuck microsoft and their cocksucking shareholders