Re: WARNING!!! - Rollup 2 Will Prevent TV Recording

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Doug:

You're kidding right?

If I buy a DVD from a video store I can play it on any DVD machine I want
to. Nothing in the license restricts me from doing so. Nothing in any license
I have says that I can only play the music content or DVD on a particular
machine.

Furthermore, public broadcasts even of premium channels are not restricted
in terms of which TV in the house you can watch them on. My cable TV
subcsription does not prevent me from doing so.

The DRM system renders MCE viturally useless as a media content storage
device. This is because Microsoft can arbitraily decide to invalidate your
licenses -- even for doing something as innocuous as changing a bit in the
BIOS or in my case appearently taking advantage of Microsoft's own networking
features.

Who the hell gave Microsoft the right to confiscate my (or anyone else's)
property?


"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

> > The fact that DRM even checks to see what machine the content is playing on
> > is erroneous.
>
> How so? That's the purpose of DRM. You can run the content on the same machine the license was initially acquired on, and burn to CD/DVD from that machine, or sync to a portable device from that machine. But transferring it to another machine invalidates the license.
>
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> "Randy M" <RandyM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B15B162D-0806-4FD1-AC64-D7B6D3EBEF14@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Jason:
> >
> > I don't think he's far off at all. Roll up 2 implements some new "improved'
> > version of DRM. My problems began when I tried to network a new machine I
> > bought with my home theatre PC (no ne haradware installed). Obviously, this
> > changed some kind of setting that DRM didn't like and hence the "restricted
> > content" problem arose.
> >
> > One fix I haven't see suggested by Microsoft or any MVP is to uninstall roll
> > up2. In fact, Microsoft should issue a hot fix to do just that.
> >
> > The fact that DRM even checks to see what machine the content is playing on
> > is erroneous.
> >
> > "Jason Tsang" wrote:
> >
> >> There's as much truth in that statement as there is in Santa Claus'
> >> existence.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
> >>
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> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
> >>
> >> "arboc77" <arboc77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:89E6A2BA-6C12-4AF4-9458-F12A481A9538@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > The new rollup includes implementation of the "broadcast flag" which will
> >> > prevent the recording of TV programs. If this capability is important to
> >> > you, DO NOT install this upgrade.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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