MS is talking tough over hackers defeating their technology, but wheres the DRM fix ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5294750.stmMicrosoft has said it is working to close a breach of its technology that protects music digital files from copyright infringement.
A program called Fairuse4wm has been posted on the net and is said to be capable of bypassing Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) system.
It could spell problems for internet music shops, potentially enabling users to download unlimited files.
Microsoft said it hoped to deploy an update to fix the problem soon.
DRM is used to control people's access to digital data.
It is commonly employed on music downloading sites to restrict the use of music purchased and downloaded online to ensure copyright is not infringed.
Talk is cheap as we all know, I say stop talking about making a fix and fix the thing if your aim is to help the Cartel extract revenue from consumers.
I am morally opposed to DRM systems as they do nothing for society except create artificial monopolies on otherwise worthless product and penalise the blind and the poor, altruistic is something Microsoft is not.
