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Written by tinfoil
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Wednesday, 28 December 2005 16:04
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arstechnica: If Black Friday and Cyber Monday didn't sate your shopping hunger this holiday season, Wired Magazine can think of one more reason
to go on a consumer electronics shopping spree, and soon: "2005 might
be the last good year to get gizmos that aren't locked down." They are,
of course, referring to the ongoing efforts by the RIAA and the MPAA to
plug every last leak
in their safeguards against unauthorized use and copying of their
precious content. For fear of lawsuits or in anticipation of coming
legislation, our gadgets are dropping consumer-friendly features—like
copying media off of a ReplayTV box or ripping backups of retail CDs—at
an alarming pace. We're right in the middle of a paradigm shift for the
entertainment industry, and the big players are responding to the
changes the only way they know how, which is to tighten their grubby
little fists around what they consider their greatest treasures. If you
buy Neil Diamond's 12 Songs, Sony BMG wants to tell you how and where you can play it, if at all.
Read the rest of this most interesting story here.
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