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Old 12-16-2006   #1
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Default Bill Gates: DRM Too Complex for Consumers

Content distributors who protect their material with digital rights management (DRM) may be doing themselves and their customers a disservice, according to Microsoft boss Bill Gates, who said the technology is simply too complicated for users.

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Old 12-17-2006   #2
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Default Re: Bill Gates: DRM Too Complex for Consumers

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It aint too complicated, it's just too annoying. Consumers have always been barely tolerant of any form of copy protection. MOst people i know, myself included, hate paying for something only to have it's use restricted. DivX DVD's failed miserably for this reason.
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Default Re: Bill Gates: DRM Too Complex for Consumers

Agreed, I would never pay for music or video which I am limited to, to use it only one my computer or I am only allowed to copy it to one cd rom/dvd for my personal use etc.
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Agreed, I would never pay for music or video which I am limited to, to use it only one my computer or I am only allowed to copy it to one cd rom/dvd for my personal use etc.
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