This is the note for the second disc of the T2: Extreme DVD, that disc being the high resolution version of the film, stored in some proprietary Microsoft video format:
And don't even get me started on the thought of this discs longevity. Will I be able to watch it next year in the Media Player 10? Will the Media Player 9 licensing server, even be up and running next year or the one after that? How do I know that this DVD, that I paid good money for, won't just be a useless coaster in the future? The simple answers is, I don't, and no one else does either. So what I propose is to encourage the cracking, pirating and P2P sharing of all this stuff, until the point in time when these companies realize that DRM is just an incredibly annoying piece of crap, and that they should respect their customers and not sell them stupid, crippled down, versions of their products.
This is the very reason why I did not purchase Massive Attacks new album: Danny the Dog Soundtrack. As soon as I flipped to the back of the album to check out the track listing I saw a blurb about how super protected the disc is. This was my queue to put it down and not bother paying them for a crippled disc that won't properly play in my cars MP3 deck.
Now that I'm home I've found the album on a P2P network, and am in the process of burning it to CD in a nice friendly format that will play in all stereos. Sorry about that Massive Attack, but if you want me to buy your album you need to speak to your stupid record label and convince them of what a bad idea this CD DRM schemes are. Don't worry about the money though Massive Attack, I'll still give you plenty when you come to town for a concert.
The movie content on the ROM portion of this disc contains security features that require you to connect to the Internet to receive updates to your Windows Media Player and licenses for the content on the enclosed DVD.Silly me, I thought paying for this movie at the store was all the licensing I needed to watch it. Now it turns out I have to bend over over backwards for Microsoft to install some DRM infected, overly-bloated, piece of crap Media Player 9 onto my computer, which will then send only god knows what to them when the program phones home to make sure I'm properly licensed.
And don't even get me started on the thought of this discs longevity. Will I be able to watch it next year in the Media Player 10? Will the Media Player 9 licensing server, even be up and running next year or the one after that? How do I know that this DVD, that I paid good money for, won't just be a useless coaster in the future? The simple answers is, I don't, and no one else does either. So what I propose is to encourage the cracking, pirating and P2P sharing of all this stuff, until the point in time when these companies realize that DRM is just an incredibly annoying piece of crap, and that they should respect their customers and not sell them stupid, crippled down, versions of their products.
This is the very reason why I did not purchase Massive Attacks new album: Danny the Dog Soundtrack. As soon as I flipped to the back of the album to check out the track listing I saw a blurb about how super protected the disc is. This was my queue to put it down and not bother paying them for a crippled disc that won't properly play in my cars MP3 deck.
Now that I'm home I've found the album on a P2P network, and am in the process of burning it to CD in a nice friendly format that will play in all stereos. Sorry about that Massive Attack, but if you want me to buy your album you need to speak to your stupid record label and convince them of what a bad idea this CD DRM schemes are. Don't worry about the money though Massive Attack, I'll still give you plenty when you come to town for a concert.