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"arachnid" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:39:02 -0500, Harkhof wrote:


"arachnid" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Microsoft is practicing a business model that neglects customer
satisfaction in favor of gaming the system so as to leave the consumer
with no other free-market alternatives. This allows MS free to impose
high prices, unwanted features like DRM and WGA, overbearing EULAs and
policies, and poor-quality software - and consumers have no choice but
to
eat it or do without.

DRM doesn't affect me at all. I buy the CDs I want and rip them to mp3.

Same here. I can pick up used CD's in used-CD stores for about $2-$7 each
depending on the genre and popularity of the album. I won't touch the
DRM'd music DVD's at any price.

Doing so insures that I can always rip again if something goes awry or if
I
just want to encode to a higher quality or different format. Also, buying
the whole CD has brought to my attention great music that I may never
have
found via DLing mp3s.

I rip to both mp3 and ogg, just in case...

It may be about to pay off. I hear the folks who hold a patent on mp3 are
planning to add DRM to the format. :o(


If that happens, I'll definitely be ripping to a new format. (Does iPod
support ogg...?). If it comes to it, I'll analogically record. I hate the
thought of it, but I'll not be dictated to by anyone regarding music I buy
and handle responsibly.

The only thing the patent holders may really accomplish is the promotion of
other formats.


Hark




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