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Social justice, not money, is the goal.
What makes Microsoft's products undesirable is not only price and lack of quality; its business model of giving no choice is what matters. There is nothing wrong about paying for music or movies if one could afford it and we had the comfort of knowing that the creators and interpreters were being duly rewarded. I would pay a reasonable price for food items of reasonable quality if I had the comfort of knowing that rural communities were paid their due share to keep producing the best they can.
I believe that the majority of people in this world think along these lines. You see people behaving in a rather chaotic way because they see government members lying unashamedly, monopolistic companies stealing legally, and they find no role models for their children any more. The patent and copyright laws were created to foster creativity and reward the better citizens, not to support social injustice.
It is just a tiny minority that practices veiled government-blessed crimes every single day. If we find a legal way to prevent such deviated behavior, then the moral confusion and chaos will be put to rest. People want to have freedom of choice and be happy with the decisions they make every day.
Those who exploit the people to make money do so, on the belief they will be happier by having more money, but don't care that they make the majority unhappy in the process.
Otherwise, only a minority will make sacrifices and practice boycott in order to live a decent life. That is what leads people like me to run Linux on my computer, write and work agains Microsoft within all my power, and anxiously wait for something to happen to society in the right direction. I have not bought music or movies, and not downloaded bittorrent files either. If music and movies were not encumbered with DRM, I would buy them happily. Therefore, deep down, all want to be happy, but choose different ways to attain the goal.
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Today it's April 2nd not first!  Linux Geek | 04/02/07
Very nice that they'll do the DRM-free music  Boot_Agnostic | 04/02/07
Movie studios still want DRM...  Anton Philidor | 04/02/07
bit rate  rosanlo | 04/02/07
In defense of mp3.  Anton Philidor | 04/02/07
Solely?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/02/07
If the world used inches, feet, miles...  Anton Philidor | 04/02/07
Take your pills, you're off topic here  mlindl | 04/02/07
SI (Metric) would be more useful?  Joel R | 04/02/07
Been Told  voska | 04/02/07
DVD audio (or audio tracks on DVD video) is NOT compressed.  Joel R | 04/02/07
On DRM  voska | 04/02/07
and thank god for those "clever individuals"!  Castanet | 04/02/07
DRM please RIP  dmennie | 04/02/07
iTunes is AAC  Stuka | 04/02/07
EMI mentioned DRM-free videos  Resuna | 04/02/07
Hm...  John L. Ries | 04/02/07
True enough  voska | 04/02/07
Yes  Len Rooney | 04/02/07
Not just AAC/MP4  bell0q | 04/02/07
Great price on dog droppings  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/02/07
Not all the content on iTunes is dog droppings  labarker | 04/02/07
Even easier  WarmasterHorus | 04/02/07
How About An Apology David...  IAHawkeye | 04/02/07
eh  WarmasterHorus | 04/02/07
What did Apple do here?  voska | 04/03/07
Personally, I think it's Apple who wanted DRM free  CobraA1 | 04/03/07
MP3 is evil  WarmasterHorus | 04/02/07
You do your post an injustice  voska | 04/02/07
Are you insane?  Kaniki | 04/02/07
In (Somewhat) Defense of WMA  KWierso | 04/02/07
AAC is licensed by the same people who do MP3  Joel R | 04/02/07
AAC is licensed by the same people who do MP3  Joel R | 04/02/07
Lossless???  robbyx | 04/02/07
Agree+  bell0q | 04/02/07
why a proprietary scheme  Tyler_Durden | 04/02/07
This is going to hurt eMusic  Resuna | 04/02/07
E-music still has the edge  voska | 04/02/07
If Apple "allows"?  bell0q | 04/02/07
Bass ackwards  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/02/07
eMusic has other challenges  eric.pederson@... | 04/02/07
Golden  ethman42 | 04/02/07
Part II for Jobs  TripleII | 04/02/07
Microsoft on diskless PCs  misceng | 04/02/07
It's about time  wolfsouls | 04/02/07
Eternal vigilance is NOT the price of freedom!  Sleveless | 04/02/07
Dude  WarmasterHorus | 04/02/07
Bashers absent  dolph0291 | 04/02/07
Well  Badgered | 04/02/07
On the other hand...  -Kestrel- | 04/02/07
No need to bash  John Zern | 04/02/07
Why incite the behavior  Boot_Agnostic | 04/04/07
Smart detail  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/02/07
And...  People | 04/02/07
The music industry has learned the hard way ...  George Mitchell | 04/02/07
I would agree.  gotitright | 04/02/07
Indeed: The Future of DRM = No DRM  GregTK | 04/03/07
This I will buy  buzzl | 04/02/07
will Zune and Rhapsody do the same?  mlindl | 04/02/07
No lawsuits???  A.Sinic | 04/03/07
RIAA mandated DRM for Apple...  Spoon Jabber | 04/03/07
A FANCY WAY OF RAISING THE PRICE  BALTHOR | 04/02/07
Are you from another planet?  BitTwiddler | 04/03/07
YOu speak before you know  ivanotter | 04/02/07
Ivan is right; 128Kb/s is nothing like CD quality  labarker | 04/02/07
The honest guys  mames1701 | 04/02/07
Answer for Job  Gate crasher | 04/02/07
Buyer beware: IT'S A RIPOFF!!!  DeepFreeze3 | 04/02/07
Please note...  systemx | 04/02/07
Did I miss something?  doylewat@... | 04/02/07
You're right  robbyx | 04/02/07
Exactly like the cost of leaded vs unleaded gas  Ole Man | 04/02/07
On Gas  voska | 04/03/07
Interesting.  doylewat@... | 04/03/07
What?  Spoon Jabber | 04/03/07
Thier thinking no mine  voska | 04/03/07
Clueless  robbyx | 04/02/07
Headphones  Spoon Jabber | 04/03/07
Headphones  voska | 04/03/07
Internal studies showed the opposite  CobraA1 | 04/03/07
Great news! (NT)  P. Douglas | 04/02/07
So What, Vista will DRM it anyway  moparfan | 04/02/07
Vista and iTunes  Mr_Dave | 04/02/07
My iPod syncs fine with iTunes on Vista. I've had zero troubles. (nt)  CobraA1 | 04/03/07
Wow!  fondy | 04/02/07
Caveat Emptor  A.Sinic | 04/03/07
Now this IS interesting.  doylewat@... | 04/03/07
New software required for that, maybe  Spoon Jabber | 04/03/07
DRM-free music  brike@... | 04/02/07
Another con  whoozhe@... | 04/02/07
1 step forward, two steps back  Tyler_Durden | 04/02/07
steps.  merc2dogs` | 04/02/07
$10?  Tigertank | 04/02/07
Depends where you buy  voska | 04/03/07
Still, extra's have to be added ...  bortraws | 04/02/07
Finally someone did the Digitally Right thing ...  GregTK | 04/03/07
As if anyone this board  mrjonno | 04/03/07
I don't steal music  mlabs | 04/03/07
Then you are in a tiny minority  mrjonno | 04/03/07
integrity  mlabs | 04/03/07
It's all perception  voska | 04/03/07
Actually you are wrong  voska | 04/03/07
Possibly  Spoon Jabber | 04/03/07
Depends on what you mean by worse....  Laff | 04/03/07
Let me qualify  Spoon Jabber | 04/03/07
Well it still gets complicated...  Laff | 04/03/07
50-50 is chaos  voska | 04/03/07
Maybe, but look at...  Spoon Jabber | 04/03/07
YES! Because that's exactly what I do.  Zogg | 04/03/07
Social justice, not money, is the goal.  miyojim | 04/06/07
Another fact is that 97.461% of all statistics are made up. (NT)  Zogg | 04/03/07
Yeah, but only 50% of the time (NT) wink  Spoon Jabber | 04/04/07
I'd like to know where your "fact" came from (nt)  CobraA1 | 04/03/07
"Higher" price a good value  mollenhourb@... | 04/03/07
Doesn't work that way.  voska | 04/03/07
Noted improvement in Quality  Paco20 | 04/03/07
clarification...  Paco20 | 04/03/07
Why VBR?  Spoon Jabber | 04/03/07
Re:Why VBR?  Paco20 | 04/03/07

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