Mike Mueller wrote:
>> Dino wrote:
>>> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981279.html
>
> 'nameless' replied:
>>
>> When you go to the airport, you have to deal with the
>> hell of airport security checkpoints.  Some people are
>> scumbags and would bring weapons onto planes.  I blame
>> the scumbags for this problem.
>>
>> When you buy Windows XP or an Office XP application, you
>> have to deal with activation, which can sometimes be a
>> considerable hassle.  Some people are scumbags and would
>> steal software.  I blame the scumbags.
>>
>> When you buy audio CDs in the future, you will have to
>> deal with DRM. Some people are scumbags and have made
>> hobbies out of stealing music.  I blame the scumbags.
>
> ***********
> Mikey Says:
> I agree with you.  All the things people whine about
> regarding WPA, DRM etc are the results of a lot of scumbags

Yep, it is the results of a lot of SCUMBAGS that have been ripping off
consumers for a long time.  Corporate Copyright Owners!

Like MS, and the member corporations of the RIAA & the MPAA, aren't
still flying around the Globe in their private jets, and are waiting in
line at the local soup kitchen for lunch!

The record industry devalued music by colluding to keep CD prices so
high for so long, that now that we consumers know how cheep CDs are to
make, aren't all that willing to buy music at collusion prices!  Same
with MS, how did they get $40.5 billion in the bank, if everybody is
ripping THEM off?  Can anyone say, monopoly pricing?  Made enough to get
$40.5 billion in the bank, *PLUS* subsidize the XBox, & MSN for the take
over of those markets.

So tell me who's ripping who?

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