[geeks] Why MS's Zune product is very scary

[Michael Parson]

On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 12:43:13AM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
>>> I wonder if it's legal to DRM something you don't have the rights
>>> to.  Neither Microsoft nor the Zune owner have the rights to any of
>>> the content you mentioned, so how can they manage or change the
>>> rights?
>> By putting some shrink wrap, click-through agreement on it that
>> basically says that you're transferring all rights of any media you
>> load onto their device (and it is their device, not yours) to them.
>
> Except the person who would have to click through it doesn't own the
> rights either.

Oh, now you're trying to be logical.

About a Microsoft product.

> Of course, since this is the USA we're talking about, the law matters
> less than the bankrolls behind the lawyers....

Yup.

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Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org