[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Not if they work out a deal, financial or otherwise with Microsoft to implement it into current and future versions of Windows.

Let 'em waste their time and money. Fine with me.

[MichiganMan]

Not if they work out a deal, financial or otherwise with Microsoft to implement it into current and future versions of Windows.

Let 'em waste their time and money. Fine with me.

And don't think I didn't notice, and appreciate, your taking the time to correct my typo.  Attention to detail speaks better of you than it does of me.  

In any event it won't be a waste of money for them, even if it has no effect on you, me and ShadowAce. They'll reap their windfall from Sony, or Time Warner, or whomever in exclusive contracts, if not straight up payments to include the spyware in Windows ala WGA, and meanwhile 90+% of users will keep paying for Windows licenses and run whatever monitoring software MS tells them to run like good little subjects.

Its a win win for Microsoft if the RIAA chooses to go that route and MS agrees.