[sf-lug] [Fwd: Boycott Windows Media Center]

[John Reilly]

This is really more an issue about content owners trying to control when 
and how you watch their content, in this case NBC.  If people really 
care about watching NBC content at a time that is convenient to them, 
they should complain to NBC - they are really the ones whose "mind" you 
need to change regarding drm use. 

just my 2c
jr


jim wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 16:31:08 -0400
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> Boycott Windows Media Center
>
> Take action:
>
>   * Digg the BadVista.org blog post:
>     <http://digg.com/microsoft/Don_t_give_Microsoft_the_remote_control_fight_against_DRM>.
>
> Microsoft is using DRM to prevent users from saving certain television
> shows to their hard drive. Saving such streams is a normal feature
> that comes with Windows Media Center, but they have locked you out of
> it for NBC television shows and others. They claim that they are just
> following FCC regulations -- but the Second Circuit Court of
> Appeals ruled that the FCC has no authority to make such
> regulations. The truth is Microsoft is just power hungry and making
> use of DRM wherever and whenever they can in order to secure media 
> deals for themselves and lock in their customers.
>
> BadVista.org is covering the story on their blog, asking users to
> abandon Microsoft products. To help, we are putting out this call for
> a boycott of Windows Media Center. When broadcast flags spell out DRM,
> then we've got to put our foot down.
>