Saul Hansell, Blogger, New York Times Bits

Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune

May 8, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

If you like to download the latest episodes of “Heroes” or other NBC shows from BitTorrent, maybe you shouldn’t buy a Microsoft Zune to watch them on. A future update of the software for Microsoft’s portable media player may well include a feature that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on it.

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http://www.acmerchandising.com James Bryant

Thats just spooky man, how soon before our cars come with VR cops installed in them so when ever we go faster than the speed limit we get a ticket. I say VR cops are bad and should never be used in anything.

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