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Miniver
May 2nd, 2004, 10:08 PM
Microsoft Unveils New Copyright Software

REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is unveiling copyright protection software to allow rented songs or movies to be used on portable players, cellular phones and other devices.

The company's latest "digital rights management" software, code-named Janus, was released Monday. It will give songs and videos purchased through subscription services a sort of digital expiration date that works even when the data is transferred from a computer. The technology also protects the content against piracy.

The goal is to make it easier for companies who want customers to rent songs or videos, rather than own them, to also let those users play back the content on portable players.

For example, with the new technology a user could rent several movies for a long trip, download them onto a portable player and then watch the movies until the rental expires a month later. A user also could rent songs for a set period and play them back on a portable player.


Full Story (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=2&u=/ap/20040503/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_digital_rights)
Whistler
May 2nd, 2004, 10:21 PM
n/a to me ;)
Siskabush
May 2nd, 2004, 11:01 PM
Renting music.
Who would be stupid enough to do that.

We all know to rent a song it will cost 3$
postage101
May 2nd, 2004, 11:02 PM
Rent ... a ... SONG?! You have to be kidding me. Oh well its only a matter of time until this is cracked, or there is a simple workaround developed to side step the expiration. Especially if it relies on a system clock.
Sephir0th
May 2nd, 2004, 11:39 PM
I hate drm
muffenme
May 3rd, 2004, 05:43 AM
:fire

No thanks for me, I hate DRM.

:hole
stts
May 3rd, 2004, 06:14 AM
rent-noun: A money collection process by which companies use to bleed men dry till they die.
gumdrop ink
May 3rd, 2004, 09:03 AM
get one two sided jack, plug one end into line in on sound card. other into line out or headphones jack on your disk man or stereo, ta.... da....
gumdrop ink
May 3rd, 2004, 09:04 AM
there going to have to cut our arms off to be able to fully stop us :-)
Miniver
May 3rd, 2004, 10:02 AM
No all they have to do is have hardware based drm. Then we are all screwed.
Meckros
May 3rd, 2004, 12:01 PM
I know I don't post much but I think in 5 years or so the copyright battle will be over, I think RIAA and MPAA are aware they are going down but if you were a dying company on your inevetable way out it only makes sense to go down kicking and screaming for every last penny you can get.

The only way copyrights will ever truly be protected is if they take the entire world free use of technology. Fat chance that the american voter will vote for that their individual freedoms. Though it's a bit worrysome to think who are copyright laws made for? Who is the DMCA for? It's not for consumers fair use, these laws aren't mandated by consumers, rather they reflect the interests of large coperations.

Pirate on my brothers, where there is a copy protections sceme by some MIT engineer there is an even smarter geek who works at the bowling alley cracking your shit.
Ken17625
May 3rd, 2004, 12:20 PM
No all they have to do is have hardware based drm. Then we are all screwed.

Then we will buy hardware from vendors that do no implement DRM (overseas, etc..)

Tech companies know, that DRM in their hardware products is public relations, and monetary, suicide.
-0-BACKLASH-0-
May 3rd, 2004, 12:28 PM
No all they have to do is have hardware based drm. Then we are all screwed.

roger that. That will blow big time!
Crazy Horse
May 3rd, 2004, 01:34 PM
Rent ... a ... SONG?! You have to be kidding me. Oh well its only a matter of time until this is cracked, or there is a simple workaround developed to side step the expiration. Especially if it relies on a system clock.
It's a given that it will be cracked. Maybe we should start a pool on how long it takes.
shawners
May 3rd, 2004, 09:24 PM
i got 12 hours.. =) Put me down for 50!
Miniver
May 3rd, 2004, 09:36 PM
Then we will buy hardware from vendors that do no implement DRM (overseas, etc..)

Tech companies know, that DRM in their hardware products is public relations, and monetary, suicide.
Yes but the majority of the public will buy them which will destroy the file sharing community. In great numbers we enjoy anonymity, in small numbers we become the hunted.