[sinkspur]

Computer hardware and software companies and high fidelity equipment companies have no business conspiring to cripple the capabilities of their products to satisfy the whims of the RIAA and other mafioso outfits.

LOL!! First, you say that Joe Schmucker has no right to extract any royalties for his 1967's music from some kid in 2004, then you say that MS has no right to build protections for Joe Schmucker in their equipment, if they choose to.

You're damn good at telling other people what they can and cannot do with the stuff they own.

[DMCA]

If you buy a computer do you own it? If you say yes then you should be upset by laws that prohibit what you can do with your property. Or does the right to do what one wishes with ones own property only apply to large media and software companies?