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• Call it CGMS-A or call it Broadcast Flag - It's the same thing. DRM is annoying and its actually going to harm the content providers themselves. no one else.
  
  I don't think MS is to blame. They want their technology to penetrate the main stream however the restrictions imposed by the content providers (i,e, the studios) is forcing MS to comply with their obnoxious requirements.
  Without the studios blessing, Media Center - as cool as it is - would not be attractive as it would lack the content.
  
  Unfortunately for MS, this is a double-edge sword. As long as Media Center constraint the user from legally distribute their content among their devices, Media Center would not get the popularity it deseves.
  
  It's time for the studios to let their old traditional business models rest in peace and look for a more creative ways to generate revenus without all these unnecessarry DRM restrictions. One way may be to lower the price to the level that higher precentage of the population would rather pay than download.
  
  The music industry was the first to get hit but they still charge $15 for a CD. I have no doubt that if a music CD was priced at $5, less people would be interested in "stealing". In reply to: "Microsoft denies Windows Media blocks digital broadcasts"

  May 29, 2008

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