If I were to keep my political cap off and discuss issues not related to a certain political party, then I would say that the group which annoys me the most are MPAA and RIAA in their attempts to control content. They even want us not to be able to record TV shows and be able to watch it at any point in time. Their preference is that if we record something, we have to watch it within a certain amount of time or else it expires. Even if you buy a CD, they want to prevent you from creating mp3 files for the songs on the CD. Very frightening if they get their way.
Into the new HD DVD format, manufacturers are building in the type of controls which the MPAA/RIAA want.
Mike Evangelist - former product marketing manager for DVD Studio Pro at Apple Computer - has called for an outright boycott of both HD-DVD and Blu-ray drives.
If you care about having control over the content you purchase, then you would consider a boycott, too.
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