http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft now patching for FairUse4WM 1.2 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/
They turned this guy into a cyber folk martyr already.

How do you stop the updates?]]>Sep 8th 2006 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/
While I haven't been tempted (yet) to try out FairUse4WM, there's not a darn thing that Microsoft can do to stop me. They do not own my computer, I DO.]]>Sep 8th 2006 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 8th 2006 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/
The app had been around for a while before the info was posted on Engadget, and its even where MS found out about its existence. The more publicity the more of an issue it will become.

And like Karl, i too wish they would be this active for real security issues.]]>Sep 8th 2006 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 8th 2006 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/
I mean really, what is the point?]]>Sep 8th 2006 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/
Mike]]>Sep 8th 2006 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 8th 2006 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 8th 2006 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 8th 2006 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 8th 2006 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 8th 2006 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/I think those who seek to protect there "investments" with DRM know that its not 100% fullproof (nothing is) and one day it will be exploited (like everything else).
Showing them that its being exploited will do nothing to encourage them to not use drm in there products.
The only thing that will raise eyebrows and get attention is for people to stop paying for poor quality low bitrate drm music and video.
]]>Sep 8th 2006 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 8th 2006 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 8th 2006 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/
However, I think this is a GOOD thing. The more publicity this gets, the more people will understand where Microsoft's priorities are. It's been painfully obvious to a lot of us for years how they operate, and this makes it a lot easier to explain to everyone else.]]>Sep 9th 2006 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/----
The only thing that will raise eyebrows and get attention is for people to stop paying for poor quality low bitrate drm music and video.

^^^^^
What he said.
Cracking DRR when you're the very one feeding the companies that place Digital Rights Restrictions on you to start with is incredibly stupid. And will not change the opinions of any suits involved, I'm afraid. But what it will do is give a reason for people to buy more DRR-embedded content.

(DRR, because 'Management' is their marketing word chosen to placate Joe Customer).]]>Sep 9th 2006 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 10th 2006 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 10th 2006 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/
More like "a vulnerability that could allow a user to locally gain control of their computer" amirite]]>Sep 11th 2006 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/
FavrotSale@yahoo.com]]>Sep 11th 2006 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/Sep 19th 2006 2:01AM