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Goal: DRM everything
Oh, you took 47 breaths during that commercial?
Let's see, at 58 cents per breath, the DRM you owe for using our 'Intellectual Property' amounts to $27.58,
which has already been deducted from your bank account, plus of course appropriate taxes, handling, and administrative fees.
Thank you for buying MicroSoft, Live for the moment.
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Shift to the right?
Many over the last few months--particularly the last two weeks--have compared MS and Google, noting that Google may be the new MS. If this continues to play out and turns out to be true, then this is a good example of the differences between MS and Google--Google is free for the consumer but not for the business.
Mike, good catch...you have piqued my interest.
-keeponcoding
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And Mike doesn't mention that Microsoft is providing the IPTV DVR software for SBC, BellSouth, Verizon, and a dozen other global telcos.
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Re: Shift to the right?
...making it difficult to avoid this platform and concept of thinking.
--keeponcoding
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Re: Shift to the right?
Nope, piece of cake. I haven't had cable in more than four years, and I don't see getting anytime soon (or the way things are going, ever)
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Paying fee
Get real! Pay more for skipping commercials or replay sports highlight. Do I get paid if I replay the commercials?
What next I must buy the brand of ass wipe on the commercials or risk paying a higher fee.
This type of attidute just makes people find a way around it and violate the system/laws/copywrites/etc.
I will go back to the VHS or build my own system.
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TiVo destruction
This shit is just totally stupid.
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The price of being entertained
My point is this - we are paying an ever increasing amount in dollars, and giving away an alarming amount of privacy - for what? To be entertained.
The simple solution (unpopular as it may be) is to turn off the TV, and stop buying DVD's and music.
If millions of people did that, the entertainment industry would be left scratching their heads (and probably blame piracy for their losses).
Humanity wouldn't know what to do with itself...
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Microsoft Seeks Pay-to-TiVo Patent
Hmmm...
Scott
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Relax.... It's Just an Application
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Sports highlights?
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