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| From | Steven Alter <shteevea@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Vista Kills MP3s dead... |
| Date | Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:56:11 -0800 (PST) |
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Link, Jamie? I actually work at MS, and have been running Vista for months with no problems playing any music, regargless of file format or source. Not sayng the below isn't true in terms of there being DRM tools built into the OS, but skeptical about the suggested outcome; I'd be ther first one in the office with a baseball bat if that were the case.
I know lots of folks over in the Digital Media space, and I'll try to get the skinny.
Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> wrote:
This warning has been issued about those thinking of upgrading their
existing PC to Microsoft Vista:
"Depending on a person's computer needs, Gibson says it may be more
cost-efficient to buy a new PC with Vista installed than to upgrade a
machine and buy the operating system.
Axelrod warns that those who download music frequently could be in for a
nasty surprise with Vista, which includes digital copyright software to
prevent illegitimate MP3s from playing.
"A lot of people are going to be very upset when they find that their
thousands of MP3 songs no longer play - and that also applies to anything
that's media, so it's DVDs or whatever," Axelrod warns.
"There's going to be a huge backlash of people who have acquired these
things without paying for them."
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
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Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
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