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   #30. Posted at 11:31 PM on Dec 16th 2006 Edit   Reply
highlandr
It is kind of scary, that Bill Gates gets it, but the recording execs don't...
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   #1. Posted at 11:06 AM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
kvndoom
"People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then."

Not if the RIAA has its way. And considering most "pop" music (i.e., garbage) has all measures of copy protection on it (and DRM, and rootkits, and on and on), ripping and copying aren't exactly easy as they used to be.

Miraculously, I have over 100 music CD's and not the first has any form of copy protection on it. I guess I've just gotten lucky thus far. Yay for "unpopular" music!
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#1, And considering most "pop" music (i.e., garbage) I don't know...  :  5150  (#4)  «
#1, The last Foo Fighters album that everyone complained about w...  :  Taddeusz  (#7)  «
#1, Yup, you can be sued for bypassing/cracking the DRM on the "...  :  Flying Fox  (#11)  «
#11, If you bypass the copy protection on the CD so that you c...  :  moose17145  (#23)  «
#1, :o( In the poor old UK it's not even legal to rip the CD for...  :  Austin  (#24)  «
#24, Wow i didnt know you guys had so many restrictions, then ...  :  radioactive21  (#25)  «
#25, It depends on the country. In Spain you have the right...  :  rechicero  (#26)  «
#25, Its only in the UK with its copylaws thats from 17 or ...  :  Shintai  (#28)  «
#24, Just to be specific - AFAIK there are no EU DRM law. Each...  :  Klopsik206  (#29)  «

   #13. Posted at 01:42 PM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
Sumache
Bill Gates for prez looks better day by day believe it or not :\
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#13, Scott Adams and myself agree. :)  :  A_Pickle  (#27)  «

   #2. Posted at 11:15 AM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
Gandhi
He says no one has done it right, yet.

And Zune is the worst at it - it even DRMs music that is under the Creative Commons license, as well as all your MP3s that have been legally ripped!
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#2, Only if you transfer them to another Zune wirelessly. It doe...  :  SGT Lindy  (#14)  «
#14, I christen you "Ricardo Dawkins Jr." #16 Main Entry: hyp·o...  :  deathBOB  (#17)  «
#17, learn how to reply to the right thread next time. There...  :  willyolio  (#22)  «

   #21. Posted at 04:26 PM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
Philldoe
I guess I'm one of the lucky few, my music is DRM free, which is odd considering how the EU is on DRM.
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   #20. Posted at 04:15 PM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
albundy
hmm... all i can say is what a hypocrite!
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   #10. Posted at 12:18 PM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
Ricardo Dawkins
LOL,....jajajajaajajja
You make my day...dumb iFanboy...go read some Zune specs before spewing that lie over here.
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#10, Who are you even replying to?  :  d2brothe  (#12)  «
#12, my first post on this thread full of iFanboys was to #2. #...  :  Ricardo Dawkins  (#18)  «
#12, pfff, lol. too funny.  :  albundy  (#19)  «

   #5. Posted at 11:26 AM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
deathBOB
Gee Gates, why don'y you buy out the RIAA and end this madness?

Hypocrit.
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#5, 1. you spelled hypocrite wrong. 2. you don't know what hypocr...  :  willyolio  (#16)  «

   #15. Posted at 02:03 PM on Dec 15th 2006, Edited at 02:08 PM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
sigler00
Bravo Bill, my thoughts exactly.

Just because the Zune isn't DRM done right doesn't mean he can't speak his mind about the sorry state of DRM. Zune had an uphill battle from day 1.
You think they want to give Universal a cut of Zune profits out of the goodness of their hearts?

The MP3 business is total cutthroat and right now the labels make all the rules. The laws favor them too heavily, and unless that changes DRM will never allow the MP3 market to reach it's true potential.
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   #8. Posted at 12:08 PM on Dec 15th 2006, Edited at 12:08 PM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
ludi
Hard to tell if this is how he really feels, or if he was making an indirect jab at iTunes. If he next takes on WPA/WGA by virtue of the same reasoning, I'll be delighted, but I'm not holding my breath for it.
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#8, Technically, Apple's FairPlay does not fall into his categor...  :  Taddeusz  (#9)  «

   #6. Posted at 11:44 AM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
PetMiceRnice
If you take his comments at face value, then he is of course correct.
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   #3. Posted at 11:19 AM on Dec 15th 2006 Edit   Reply
StashTheVampede
Ever since the presence of DRM, I've always felt the *AA groups want us to stay physical -- it's easier for them to track and they already have a sweet royalty system in place (just not for the artists).

*AA is in favor of as many DRM-like systems possible -- it will continually deter (yet make some money) people from using it and going back to using a physical medium.
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