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

[der Mouse]

>> 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.

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

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