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Article #446Re: Microsoft Joins Sony In Spreading DRM Viruses
From: bearclaw
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:03
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:03
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In article <oesmg2hvhd9i5qdmqm1rteuk0pvqe1raff@4ax.com>, Abe <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: > Calling wrapping media files in DRM infection is just plain idiotic. Hmm. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, well... Let's see: the machine encodes clean files with a DRM "wrapper" just before the file is transferred. That "wrapper" (not to say "virus") then destroys the file three days after transfer. If the transferred, "wrapped" file is transferred a second time, the "wrapper" replicates itself. Just like a <shhh!> virus. Quack. > People won't like it, for sure, but it's not infection or virus type > behavior. It's just a way to limit sharing to a few plays of the file > before the recipient has to buy it. Although Zune apparently will allow you unlimited photo sharing, any audio or video content is subject to Zune's DRM "wrap" before the file is transferred. That would include content you ripped off your own CDs or home movies. Grampy and Grammy have three days to enjoy the video of your new baby before ZAP! Unless they also have a Zune, of course. Quack-quack-quack-quack-quack-QUACK! And I ain't talkin' insurance here.
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