[pchelpers] Re: Content Protection Crippled Vista

Scott McNay wrote:
> Hi Susan,
> And in the meantime, perhaps someone will file a court case in the US
> concerning how DRM conflicts with US fair-use laws (restrictions on
> rights of copyright holders).
> 
> My understanding is that some countries do not have fair-use laws, so
> that DRM is more legal in those countries.
> 
> This is one reason why computers seem to get slower and slower as they
> get older; upgraded software with new capabilities, and which enforces
> new restrictions.
> 
> Check out this report on the responsiveness of XP and Vista; it says
> that Vista is better at most things, due to speed improvements:
> http://principledtechnologies.com/clients/reports/Microsoft/VistaXPBusResp.pdf
> 
> You're right; things which in the past seemed to be significant issues
> have faded or disappeared completely. PnP, for example, while a nice
> idea, used to be a PITA until all of the hardware vendors got in line.
> 
More local feedback is coming in on the DRM. A knowledgeable friend just 
wrote up his thoughts on it here:
http://www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog:20070124

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