Say Goodnight, Vista

Face it. Vista was never about you. It was all about them and protecting their copyrights. BillyG felt he had to do it because he dreams of ruling your set-top box.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world's second largest music company, will this month become the last of the big four majors to drop copy protection software on music downloads, also known as digital rights management (DRM).

OOops. CD sales fell 15% last year and digital music sales didn't take up the slack. Steve Jobs lead the parade -- he felt DRM was a barrier and took it down. Seems everyone is getting in line with him. Whither goest thou, Vista?

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