Recently we posted that Microsoft had put less restrictions in their upcoming home entertaiment operating system: Windows XP Media Center Edition. For customers this was a relativly good sign but the entertaiment industry is not happy with the less restrictions and says it would have prefered a more restrictive version.
Stung by criticism, Microsoft agreed to apply the locks more sparingly and implement one of the standard copy-protection techniques used by Hollywood. But the change has quickly peeved studios because it may let consumers record premium programs such as pay-per-view movies in violation of built-in copyright protections. |
"We have some real concerns about content that enters an unprotected input into a personal computer, where the rights associated with the content are not being obeyed," said Brad Hunt, chief technology officer with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
The studios preferred Microsoft's more-restrictive version.
The less restrictions of Microsoft still doesn't mean the OS is restriction free, but the entertaiment industry is afraid that the current protection level will not stop the pirates. (But what will?) Read the entire story here.
Source: Startribune.com
