[FDE] Why Vista's DRM Is Bad For You

[Saqib Ali]

An interesting and excellent essay by Bruce Schneier:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html

>From the essay:
"Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will cause
technical support problems. They may even require you to upgrade some
of your peripheral hardware and existing software. And these features
won't do anything useful. In fact, they're working against you......"

"Unfortunately, we users are caught in the crossfire. We are not only
stuck with DRM systems that interfere with our legitimate fair-use
rights for the content we buy, we're stuck with DRM systems that
interfere with all of our computer use--even the uses that have
nothing to do with copyright."

"I don't see the market righting this wrong, because Microsoft's
monopoly position gives it much more power than we consumers can hope
to have...."