RIAA - Shooting themselves in the leg, not the foot

[Froofy-D]

Originally Posted by Akileese

RIAA boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs

What the fuck is wrong with this guy? Why would you EVER go on the record saying shit like this? It makes you sound like a tyrant. Yeah, privacy of your PC is cool and all, but what if we could eliminate it in one fell swoop?

I really hope this guy walks into the street and gets fucking hit by a bus.

If you've installed Vista you already have it. Why do you think Vista offers virtually no functionality over XP yet takes up 800mb to 1 Gig of RAM?

A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection

MS wants to be the middleman in content distribution, therefore the PC will be turned into a console in the near future. Here's their ultimate goal:

Essentially, this would turn the PC into a record player as far as music is concerned” — Microsoft Research News.

[Arbitrary]

Time to learn a new OS I guess.

[Fog]

Originally Posted by Froofy-D

If you've installed Vista you already have it. Why do you think Vista offers virtually no functionality over XP yet takes up 800mb to 1 Gig of RAM?

I don't know, but it never occurred to me that it costs half a gigabyte of memory to do protected content checks. I was under the impression that it does a lot of caching with the extra memory until other programs request it. Why do you think it does?

[Zeste]

Originally Posted by Arbitrary

Time to learn a new OS I guess.

sigh, here goes more rep:

[Akileese]

Radiohead Blasted By Veteran Rockers KISS For Giving Their Music Away For Free - Entertainment

I guess it's not just the RIAA who's gone fucking crazy....Gene assuming we want new music from 70 year old rockers. Good times.

[cdyhybrid]

Originally Posted by Akileese

Radiohead Blasted By Veteran Rockers KISS For Giving Their Music Away For Free - Entertainment

I guess it's not just the RIAA who's gone fucking crazy....Gene assuming we want new music from 70 year old rockers. Good times.

Massive facepalming.

[Kaio]

Originally Posted by Zeste

sigh, here goes more rep: [OS X Pic]

Ugh, i'd rather not be even more locked in then I am now to a platform. Ubuntu is getting there and it's about as free as anything can be. If Linux had more marketshare then companies would actually making fracking drivers for shit.

[Kolle]

they don't make the music. they aren't needed to distribute the music. they probably don't even enjoy most of the music. can someone explain to me why they should profit?