Originally posted by Mini D
Rhetoric is rhetoric no matter who is spewing it. Stealing is stealing no matter who is doing it. Using one to justify the other is why vista is going to be a flaming POS. It's amazing how much you can justify while accusing others of misdoings.
Stealing? The media industry is taking or HAS taken the users fair use rights away. That's a violation of every persons rights to enjoy music in the way and in the moment they desire to do - with legally purchased media.
They say you don't own the media or the songs on it - that you purchased only a right to use it. Yet they fail to provide you with a working copy of the said media and songs if they get damaged, you're forced to pay the license fee again.
They say you bought a license to privately use the song - yet they prohibit you from using it in computer hardware based players such as many car cd players, high-end home cd players etc.
You bought a license to privately use the song - yet they disable you from using your legally owned, megaexpensive high-end audio gear because s/pdif does not have copyprotection and it's the only digital audio transfer standard available.
You bought a license to privately use a movie - yet you can't play it in your megaexpensive HDTV device because it doesnt support hdcp but plays composite video without problems.
That's just the icing on the cake. They want to take away your right to record tv programming at your home for later viewing. They want to force you to watch ever ad that comes on tv, disabling ad skipping functionality.
They want to ****en own you and tell you how to use your money, hardware and time. I say **** them and their products. I'm not paying once cent for the crap ever again.