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Cat and mouse continues
The real take home message from this remains that DRM only stops the people who are bothering to obey the rules.
Posted by: Robert Crocker   Posted on: 08/29/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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A patch is in the pipeline ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/06
Cat and mouse continues  Robert Crocker | 08/29/06
"pay per use" being forced on consumers  ~doolittle~ | 08/29/06
No, p2p being forced on consumers  tic swayback | 08/29/06
Yes and it's your duty to do so  Protector | 08/30/06
RE: No, p2p being forced on consumers  joe6pack_z | 09/01/06
Crack for that patch is on the way  nucrash | 08/29/06
no the atch will just simply disable windows applications  not of this world | 08/29/06
DDisable Office and other Microsoft applications?  Anton Philidor | 08/29/06
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!  bportlock | 08/29/06
Which Tuesday is the patch due?  tic swayback | 08/29/06
My collection just quadrupled  nucrash | 08/29/06
If wonder if they'll do a WGA patch...  bportlock | 08/29/06
But that won't work retroactively  georgeou | 08/29/06
In theory....  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 08/29/06
Won't matter  tic swayback | 08/29/06
Point was moot before the drm crack  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 08/30/06
That's the irony here, this crack doesn't matter  tic swayback | 08/30/06
Makes no difference now  Cayble | 08/29/06
A broken model  Roger Ramjet | 08/29/06
PlayForSure - at last!  Letophoro | 08/29/06
What... no story on Apple?  nucrash | 08/29/06
That will come when things get released  georgeou | 08/29/06
In a couple days...  tic swayback | 08/29/06
at least...  JetJaguar | 08/29/06
The truth is, everyone is getting frustrated with the company  georgeou | 08/29/06
Great news!  P. Douglas | 08/29/06
DRM is a losing battle  tic swayback | 08/29/06
Your absolutly right.  DavidBurke | 08/29/06
Still illegal  none none | 08/29/06
A futile effort ...  George Mitchell | 08/29/06
Of course the effort is futile.  Anton Philidor | 08/29/06
Perhaps Microsoft surreptitiously released the hack.  Anton Philidor | 08/29/06
This still allows people to unlock their libraries  georgeou | 08/29/06
Also encourages sales of songs...  Anton Philidor | 08/29/06
Why would you buy?  tic swayback | 08/29/06
That's an inferior hack  georgeou | 08/29/06
Kludge begins with a "K"  nucrash | 08/29/06
Too true  tic swayback | 08/29/06
People miss the fact that DRM is only political  georgeou | 08/29/06
It's the subscription model that does that  georgeou | 08/29/06
Politics and slick hacks  tic swayback | 08/29/06
You can't ever call DRM "effective"  georgeou | 08/29/06
That's the key to the whole thing  tic swayback | 08/29/06
No way  tic swayback | 08/29/06
Microsoft will enforce DRM...  Anton Philidor | 08/29/06
Huh?  tic swayback | 08/29/06
Admissions  Anton Philidor | 08/29/06
You forgot one thing  tic swayback | 08/29/06
Too logical  zmud | 08/30/06
How about this for a scenario?  jlhenry62 | 08/30/06
The Mp3...  Anton Philidor | 08/30/06
Sideline or no....  tic swayback | 08/30/06
I didn't say . . .  jlhenry62 | 08/30/06
I know that, but . . .  jlhenry62 | 08/30/06
Re: Perhaps Microsoft surreptitiously released the hack.  none none | 08/30/06
CRAP EULA WGA DRM  Harry Bardal | 08/29/06
Price drops?  tic swayback | 08/29/06
Conclusions  Harry Bardal | 08/29/06
The price is not lower  Edward Meyers | 08/30/06
dust in the wind  dmennie | 08/31/06
DRM? How Would I Know?  duclod | 08/29/06
Where did you get your tunes?  tic swayback | 08/29/06
Never bought tunes online  duclod | 08/30/06
mp3 DRM  tic swayback | 08/30/06
It was bound to happen sooner or later.  Mr. Roboto | 08/29/06
Out for a year  Edward Meyers | 08/30/06
Then the floodgates are already opened and the levees breached.  Mr. Roboto | 08/30/06
I wish it would wash out to sea  Edward Meyers | 08/30/06
There is a key to every lock, and a hacksaw if needed  Protector | 08/30/06
Even worse  tic swayback | 08/30/06
Missing the point--AGAIN!  wageearner | 08/31/06
DRM is not about stopping pirates  Edward Meyers | 08/31/06
Personally  voska | 08/31/06
If you really believe this....  tic swayback | 08/31/06
A good discusion on this  Edward Meyers | 08/31/06
DRM does nothing for artists  RexStardust | 08/31/06
Sure it does.  enduser_z | 09/01/06
Misleading Headline  john@... | 09/01/06

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