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olileauk:
--- Quote from: Vin007 on December 23, 2006, 12:02:19 am ---Lock in product
In Windows Vista everything is encrypted. What if you want to switch from MS Office to another office suit, like StarOffice? All the so called 'protected' word documents can not be read.
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WOW, that's bullshit. I have Windows Vista, that doesn't happen.
InvertedShadow:
--- Quote from: Vin007 on December 23, 2006, 12:02:19 am ---Lock in product
In Windows Vista everything is encrypted. What if you want to switch from MS Office to another office suit, like StarOffice? All the so called 'protected' word documents can not be read.
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:O??
If so then I'm not taking my free upgrade to vista.
Polizei:
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--- Quote ---A valid and plausible argument. I don't have a copy of vista, so I don't know. However, even my MSword has the option to save as .rtf or .txt to maximize compatability.
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Wich will also be encrypted. Not a problem in Windows then, but what if I run Linux?
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But .rtf and .txt can't be encrypted. Ever wonder why the major DRM formats are .wma and .aiff? It's because these formats allow for the protection. MP3s can't have DRM because they don't store any information except for the music and the id3 tags. In the same way, .txt and .rtf are designed for maximum compatability because they don't save any other information but the text.
These formats are both very useful when using third party programs. There will always be basic formats like these to maximize compatabilty or, as you see it, protect personal IP.
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--- Quote ---Protected from bankruptcy. Remember, it's a tradeoff, one that greatly benefits you and I: More music, faster, CD quality, low price. And it's legal.
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In propretary formats that, because of encryption, cannot be reverse engeneerd so that I can't play this on other devices. In the USA you are not allowed to reverse-engeneer but in Europe this is legal to create competition and freedom. You can't, ofcourse, share these files with others.
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Like I said, there are perfectly legal ways to get around this.
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--- Quote ---Smaller labels don't suffer from as much piracy as larger labels do. Small labels will continue to exist and pick up new artists. Why? Because major labels don't go to local shows or meet with small potato bands. They just wait and prey on successful bands when their contract expires for their small label. Anyone else is just a fake groomed to be a star by the mainstream media.
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Their DRM files won't be playable on a iPod, so they have to ship it without DRM, wich is unfair; they can't have copyprotection while Apple can. Another way to circumvent this is to pay a license from Apple so their music will get more expensive or less profitable than iTunes.
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But this is a difference between large labels and small labels. Small labels can still make money through CD sales because their CDs are already being discriminated against -- they aren't sold at Best Buy or FYE. DRM is only needed to protect larger labels. Smaller ones still function in their crippled state like they have for the last few (many) years. If you're looking out for small labels here, DRM is the least of your worries.
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--- Quote ---Microsoft is the great satan!
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It is a large anti-trust company. DRM is another move from Microsoft to prevent files to run on Linux. If Linux implents DRM than Microsoft is in charge of Linux: they hold the keys. When they don't want to they just don't hand it over because "your OS doesn't pass our legitimate check"
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URGE will only work on legitimate copies of windows with WMP11 to begin with, it's a service designed for their customers. Does it exclude Linux? Yes. Is there anything wrong with a first party program being used as an incentive to buy and use your product? No, it's good business.
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--- Quote ---In a digital world, the only way to sell just the product is to switch to DRM and sell licenses.
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So if I use MS Office Word I have to buy a license for Word documents that I created myself?
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No, because you don't buy a license for things you generate. DRM is apart of digital distribution only. Anyways, in the United States, everything is copyright to the creator the second it is created. It's yours and you can print it out, publish it or save it as a .txt or .rtf
Vin007:
@Polizei:
I agree with everything you said so far, but what if I use Linux, and a friend/teacher sends me a DRM Word document? I can read DRM-less Word document with OpenOffice.org.
X23:
Zelda kicks ass. I'm halfway throught it (First 3 dungeons) And currently doing sidequests. The world is pretty big, theres alot to do, great story, great graphics, combats fun, dungeons and bosses are fun, musics good etc.
I reccommend everyone get it. If you can't get a wii anytime soon and have a Gamecube get it for that.
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