-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * Carlos E. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-11-07 17:38]: > The Tuesday 2007-12-11 at 15:08 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote: > >> On another line... what is this:? "First Western Digital restricts sharing > >> of multimedia files" - does it means that somehow they manage to restrict > >> what type of files I save to a drive? How? > >> > > WD is including some file sharing software targeting personal users > > and vary small companies on some of their external drives. > > > > The software is smart enough to recognize media files. If it is a > > media file, then it won't share it to the entire Internet without a > > login. (Local IPs yes). I think you can have a login/password that > > allows anyone in the world to download the files, but they have to > > login first. > > > > Not really a big deal I don't think. And the basic disk drive / > > firmware does not have any of the intelligence, it is just an addon > > app. > > Ah, it's not simply a drive, but a drive with software, either in the > drive box, or in the host operating system drive. > > > Here, they are charging a tax on DVDs and also HDs, I think.
Probably a DRM snake designed to document the receivers as well as the "sharers". - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHXxN3ClSjbQz1U5oRAjeVAJ9XChJ5vQi/yczPn/36j14wHKVL7gCbBZEN PLvnLjdioM3TDc65gtFN5II= =sScR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
