What makes this story worse is all the equipment is Sony (except the TV) and should work together easily. Shouldn't Sony's own DRM recognize that he is burning a legit copy of the movie? Oh wait, this is DRM we are talking about, he has no right to burn commercial content, hence the name Digital Rights Management. Sony is the bottom of the line when it comes to fair use. Case in point, remember the rootkits they installed on your system when you ripped a CD from BMG/Sony music?
Take the time and go send some emails. The MPAA and the RIAA believe their loss of sales is due to piracy not a boycott of their products. Voting with your wallet will not work.
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What makes this story worse is all the equipment is Sony (except the TV) and should work together easily. Shouldn't Sony's own DRM recognize that he is burning a legit copy of the movie? Oh wait, this is DRM we are talking about, he has no right to burn commercial content, hence the name Digital Rights Management. Sony is the bottom of the line when it comes to fair use. Case in point, remember the rootkits they installed on your system when you ripped a CD from BMG/Sony music?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a couple of email campaigns set up to fight against DRM becoming law. http://action.eff.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ADV _homepage has a list of all their campaigns.
The campaign for fighting against DRM is here http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=221
The campaign for reforming the DMCA, which makes breaking DRM illegal, is here: http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=115
Take the time and go send some emails. The MPAA and the RIAA believe their loss of sales is due to piracy not a boycott of their products. Voting with your wallet will not work.