Next Windows Targets Piracy

[dubstylee]

As Microsoft readies the next version of its Windows operating system, called Vista, the software giant is building in unprecedented levels of safeguards against video piracy.

For the first time, the Windows operating system will wall off some audio and video processes almost completely from users and outside programmers, in hopes of making them harder for hackers to reach. The company is establishing digital security checks that could even shut off a computer's connections to some monitors or televisions if antipiracy procedures that stop high-quality video copying aren't in place.

In short, the company is bending over backward--and investing considerable technological resources--to make sure Hollywood studios are happy with the next version of Windows, which is expected to ship on new PCs by late 2006. Microsoft believes it has to make nice with the entertainment industry if the PC is going to form the center of new digital home networks, which could allow such new features as streaming high-definition movies around the home.

PCs won't be the only ones with reinforced pirate-proofing. Other new consumer electronics devices will have to play by a similar set of rules in order to play back the studios' most valuable content, Microsoft executives say. Indeed, assuring studios that content will have extremely strong protection is the only way any device will be able to support the studios' planned high-definition content, the software company says.

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[moneoa]

Phock that shit.......
Vista is shaping up to be one smelly, DRM infested, ripped off piece of offal

[rainbowdemon]

Phock that shit.......
Vista is shaping up to be one smely DRM infested ripped of piece of offal

It's beginning to look that way. I'll stick with XP. No matter how outdated it gets.

[.:sp00ky:.]

to make sure Hollywood studios are happy with the next version of Windows

I think that statment sums up microsoft theses days really well.


No mention of giving a shit wether its customers are happy with the next version.

[moneoa]

You know what this is?

When you are the top dog for so long you get complacent, Comfortable.
Then you wake up one day and you realise that your complacency has blinded you.

The competitors have put out better shit while you were daydreaming about how hot shit you are/were
because you underestimated how much you could stand to loose if you are not paying attention.

Then someone better comes along who actually knocks your ass off the top.

Its like the mean old boxer who always dealt it out and got comfy then underestimated the underdog who takes his title.

There is always someone better, Google and Apple are coming.

If you don't like Vista, get Jaguar.
After all in a year PC's and Mac's will be the same damn thing with exception to the OS

[MrEricSir]

Ubuntu Linux is easier to install and setup than Windows at this point anyway. Plus it comes with a buttload of free software, like OpenOffice. Microsoft should be afraid. Very afraid.

[dubstylee]

There is always someone better, Google and Apple are coming.

If you don't like Vista, get Jaguar.
After all in a year PC's and Mac's will be the same damn thing with exception to the OS

You don't think Apple will follow suit? MS is only doing this to curry favor with the **AA folks so they can crush iTunes. Apple already makes millions off DRM remember. If you really want to stay clear of these restrictions, don't follow the money. Stay open source and trade .ogg files on linux.

[ROMANTICGUY50]

It's beginning to look that way. I'll stick with XP. No matter how outdated it gets.

You got that one right plan to stay with XP SP1. I tried SP2 did like it so I went back to SP1 Stay with XP

[Digital Bliss]

The damn beta is already pirated ok ms you stop piracy and I'll stop smoking.

[ivand67]

I would bet both my nuts that Bill Gates and company will never really be able to stop piracy. And DRM will fail altogether.

Everything is crackable. No DRM technology will ever be impossible to circumvent.

And the Microsoft whores at Neowin are all gay.

[shawners]

This is gonna force alot of programers to make programs for linux which i am looking forward to. I would love to use it and burn as well as surf and download stuff through it. Its gonna be all so sweet to dump microsoft.

[The Hunter]

I wonder if i should try and see if I can get a legal copy of ME. ROTFL

[ajurna]

ok well let me put it like this. if the companies wont sell unless they are protected then they wont sell, period. however if the hardware and software venders decided to refuse to make the protection available then they have no problems it just means that things stay the same as they are now. and im damn sure everyone here wouldnt mind taht so much. but m$ is probably going to be getting alot of B******'s from the riaa(etc) that it will be very worth their while. i really dont think linux is ready for the desktop. but i think the more that m$ tries to push its luck with stupid ideas like locking down your personal(i think that word is important) computer the more people are going to start looking for alternatives. it is currently ok with windows but add a layer of lockdown and suddenly people will revolt. i wouldnt be surprised if after a year or so they will be forced to release a patch that unlocks the functionality they are summilarily removing.

[ducttapeBigSexy]

Don't get me wrong, I fully understand why Microsoft is doing this, but I have to say, really, what's the point? Let's assume for a moment that Microsoft has come up with a way that makes it almost impossible to break DRM - the only way to unlock the content is to be really, really computer savvy. All that's needed is one release group to break that DRM, convert the media into an unprotected format, and then release it - this then renders the entire DRM scheme pointless.

Now, yes, I realize this will stop some people from pirating content (especially those who are afraid of using p2p because there going to get "caught"), but as it stands now, p2p isn't slowly down at all. All you've done is ensured that this guy here will be using Linux that much more...

[the great one]

I'm going to keep Windows XP on one of my machines,then probably put Vista on another one.By doing this, I still get to do what I want with my files.Problem solved. :icon_thum