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Below is a list of news headlines illuminating the advances in technology to copy, transport, change, manipulate, exchange, store or share digital media either faster, quicker or in quantity and quality. All the comapnies represented in the stories, in one form or fashion, are involved in the DRM debate. My question is this. If they are so damned worried that copyrighted material might be illegally shared or sold, why are they so quick to insure that we customers have the abilty to do so?
Me thinks there is some hypocracy here and there is something funny floationg in the punch bowel. Actually I believe that these companies know that freely copying music and movies is what the customer wants. All this hoopla about DRM from MS and others is a smoke screen and in the long run when all this hits the courts the consumer will win out. DRM is a big stick to swat a small fly and it will come back to haunt the companies that push it. You cannot have it both ways. Pushing DRM all the while placing the technology out there to create a high quality DVD in minutes to the general consumer is hypocritical. One or the other has to implode, either DRM goes away or the customers.
MSN debuts portable video downloads
Next-generation DVD formats rally support
DirecTV launches non-TiVo digital recorder
Intel to Aerosmith: Walk this way
Microsoft, CinemaNow expand Net movie alliance
BellSouth begins Microsoft IPTV trials
Toshiba CompactFlash cards reach multigig memories
SBC goes public with 'U-verse' TV plan
Sony PC doubles as TV
Media Center not yet a home run
Creative expands its music player line
Car adapters keep iPod rocking
TiVo to create DVR sans cable box
Bill Gates: Chairman of the couch
News Focus: It's gadget heaven at CES
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