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Apple's New MacBooks Have Built-In Copy Protection
raque writes "Appleinsider is reporting that the new MacBooks/MacBookPros have built-in copy protection. Quote: 'Apple's new MacBook lines include a form of digital copy protection that will prevent protected media, such as DRM-infused iTunes movies, from playing back on devices that aren't compliant with the new priority protection measures.' Ars Technica is also reporting on the issue. Is this the deal they had to make to get NBC back? Is this a deal breaker for Apple or will fans just ignore it to get their hands on the pretty new machines? Is this a new opportunity for Linux? And what happened to Jobs not liking DRM?"
You're an idiot who needs to RTFA. This issue only happens under OSX running on a 2008 macbook. All windows versions can play it just fine, as can old macbooks, iMacs, and Mac Pros. And Linux with iTunes running under WINE.
you're dumb.
IMAGE VERIFICATION IS EVIL!
Do the words "fiduciary duty" mean anything to you?
Didn't think so, but I figured I'd ask anyway.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Apple could get by just fine if they sold their OS and hardware separately.
I'd rather not gamble on your wishful thinking, thanks.
If you aren't willing to call companies out on their bullshit,
I do it all the time. What I don't do, is make shit up to bitch about as you're doing.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
If you are seriously prepared to claim that Apple isn't lying when they claim to dislike DRM,
I've BEEN THERE, asshole. I worked at Apple for three and a half years. I know what I'm talking about, and you're making shit up.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Sorry, but there are better ways to spend money than throwing out last year's projector because it isn't HDCP compliant. Never mind that it works perfectly fine...
Sorry, but I don't have any year's projector, so I've nothing to throw out. Why should I care about something that isn't going to bother me in any way whatsoever? It won't even affect me in the "first they came for them" sense, as by the time they "come for me" every display I have will have HDCP (in fact, that's already true--not because I want HDCP, but because it's built into everything these days).
Calling someone a 'fanboi' because they don't hate something that has absolutely zero affect on them is a bit much. It makes you sound like a freetard. Are you a freetard? You sure seem like one. Did that help my argument at all, calling you a freetard, freetard? Normally I wouldn't think so, but since you're so quick to toss around 'fanboi', I figure name-calling must be customary as a valid argument tool where you're from.