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I have an honest question?
Why is it the content owners responsibility to allow/provide any sort of playback of content on a PC? I mean the Music CD was/is primarily designed to work on Music CD players, not PCs.

Couldn't the content owners simply check to see what sort of player is involved and if it's a PC simply refuse to play at all?

They should of course lable it as NOT PC compatible but I doubt that would really hurt sales much, most people never play them on a computer anyhow.
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If they'd known  Bill4 | 11/21/05
HDMI  cyber-shoplifter | 11/21/05
If they'd known  Bill4 | 11/21/05
My Computer, My Rules  rpmyers1 | 11/21/05
Sorry buy your wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Which is why it hasn't been purchased  rpmyers1 | 11/21/05
Doesn't matter...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
See my response to Loverock  rpmyers1 | 11/21/05
But the point is, you do folloow their rules, not just yours  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Follow the Law, not their rules  rpmyers1 | 11/21/05
Why ignore half the post?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
May I assume you agree with me?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
What Linus Torvalds actually said about DRM and Linux  B.O.F.H. | 11/21/05
False  John L. Ries | 11/21/05
No Don I would say he is right...  Linux Advocate | 11/21/05
Not at all.  osreinstall | 11/21/05
No Control  Tim Patterson | 11/21/05
You do realize  Loverock Davidson | 11/21/05
You mean...  Tim Patterson | 11/21/05
GPL is just one example  Loverock Davidson | 11/21/05
Thanks  Tim Patterson | 11/21/05
You're welcome  Loverock Davidson | 11/21/05
Have you ever read the GPL?  rpmyers1 | 11/21/05
Yes, once  Loverock Davidson | 11/21/05
Re: Yes, once  none none | 11/21/05
Not really  John L. Ries | 11/21/05
What is it they don't get?  Middle of the Road | 11/21/05
Sounds to me  DemonX | 11/21/05
Time to overhaul the EULA  Boot_Agnostic | 11/21/05
Agree comletely  CobraA1 | 11/21/05
I would figure some ISPs have the disks  Boot_Agnostic | 11/21/05
You certainly have the right to change your EULA  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Re: You certainly have the right to change your EULA  none none | 11/21/05
There you go, a golden market opportunity.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Correct  Boot_Agnostic | 11/21/05
And it would seem that Javacoolsoftware has something very close  Boot_Agnostic | 11/25/05
here is my eula, it overrides a eula  linuxoverwindows | 11/21/05
Those who benefit  DemonX | 11/21/05
Write your congressman  theoldman59 | 11/21/05
When have you ever...  Doc Farmer | 11/21/05
The bottom line ? they want to force us to live according to the principle  Vily Clay | 11/21/05
I have an honest question?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Not with CD  rpmyers1 | 11/21/05
Not in the real world.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
CD logo  rpmyers1 | 11/21/05
Did the Sony CDs carry the logo?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Effect of the Sony DRM  rpmyers1 | 11/21/05
Of course there is. DRM on the MoBo  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Re: Of course there is. DRM on the MoBo  none none | 11/21/05
none none, please explain.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Re: none none, please explain.  none none | 11/21/05
How many users ever look for the logo?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
I doubt anyone cares about the logo.`  B.O.F.H. | 11/21/05
CD's do have a few different formats.  B.O.F.H. | 11/21/05
So what?  Tim Patterson | 11/21/05
Poor tim, I ask a simple question and he climbs in the gutter  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Not poor at all Bit  Tim Patterson | 11/21/05
I think I see the problem.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
No you don't Bit  Tim Patterson | 11/21/05
Again, I think I understand your confusion.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Right Bit  Tim Patterson | 11/21/05
My point is  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
I hope this is an honest answer  paulg57 | 11/21/05
Not quite true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Not quite true  TokyoPete | 11/25/05
I would have to inquire into your suppositions  Boot_Agnostic | 11/21/05
I assume yiu've read the headlines, consumers don't care.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
I asume you've read the headlines etc.  TokyoPete | 11/25/05
DRM: text  ray.parrott@... | 11/21/05
HDMI  cyber-shoplifter | 11/21/05
Everything is a GAME!!! Yes even life is a game.  Laff | 11/21/05
My Rules  cyber-shoplifter | 11/21/05
Jim. lots of convicts had the same view point.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Here Bit  Tim Patterson | 11/21/05
And tree huggers are cetain the world is dying.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Actually many of our founders knew that owning humans  Laff | 11/21/05
Hmmm, the key word, "political sacrifices:...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Perhaps there are times to compromise and then there  Laff | 11/21/05
And no one really likes a compromise.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Ah but what if it's only called a compromize and in truth  Laff | 11/21/05
Funny, RIAA says the same thing...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
OK...one is a real complaint the other is hollow and based  Laff | 11/21/05
We agree on one critical point, inform the consumer.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Well that is my point ....informing the consumer about  Laff | 11/21/05
Well that is my point ....informing the consumer about  Laff | 11/21/05
True but oddly enough the same can be said for out  Laff | 11/21/05
Or broke and in jail...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Ah but what the history books do not often tell us  Laff | 11/21/05
Nope, they just wanted to avoid the tax...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Not many people mind a tax as long as it's reasonable  Laff | 11/21/05
Hmmm, reasonable, Ok but I get to be the judge of what is reasonable.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
We have moved to a convenience model.  cyber-shoplifter | 11/21/05
who has the right?  paulg57 | 11/21/05
Sorry but you are dead wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
We have moved to a convenience model.  cyber-shoplifter | 11/21/05
They download broadcast tv shows and they..  cyber-shoplifter | 11/21/05
Yup, until the content owners start using MS DRM.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/22/05
Don is right on this ...  George Mitchell | 11/21/05
Almost, but think smaller.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Just the beginning of failures for DRM ...  George Mitchell | 11/21/05
Ax yor DRM solutions seem to be a trainwreck??  cyber-shoplifter | 11/21/05
Your dead wrong...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
Ax yor DRM solutions seem to be a trainwreck??  cyber-shoplifter | 11/21/05
You can make any new media form you want  Boot_Agnostic | 11/21/05
We agree in part...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/05
ME and only ME. Period. End of story.  BitTwiddler | 11/21/05
Ax, DRM has not worked as well as you said  cyber-shoplifter | 11/21/05
I haven't seen any MS DRM broken.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/22/05
Someone uses MS DRM?  Laff | 11/22/05
Not any more  mattmass | 11/21/05
Starforce is worse!!!!  jimrad1 | 11/21/05
Most people don't seem to care  Tubalcain | 11/21/05
Owner is controller!  hgh9mrp@... | 11/23/05
Two things of note from the discussion ..  jezter~ | 11/23/05
No one has the right to control my PC  linux_for_me | 11/23/05
RE: No one has the right to control my PC by linux_for_me  Betelgeuse58 | 11/23/05
What's next?  Neuromage | 11/23/05
you never had control  owlland@... | 11/23/05
Why are we even discussing this?  wilrodx@... | 11/25/05
Why are we even discussing this?  wilrodx@... | 11/25/05

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