http://www.metafilter.com/tags/conglomerate Posts tagged with 'conglomerate' at MetaFilter. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:03:14 -0800 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:03:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/57243/A%2DCost%2DAnalysis%2Dof%2DWindows%2DVista%2DContent%2DProtection <i>"[C]omputer design is being dictated not by electronic design rules, physical layout requirements, and thermal issues, but by the wishes of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_conglomerate">content industry</a>."</i> By deliberately breaking audio and video functionality, opening up new avenues for debilitating malware, and reversing performance gains in desktop PCs and third-party components, Peter Gutmann argues <i>"the <a href="http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt">Vista Content Protection specification</a> could very well constitute the longest suicide note in history."</i> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.57243 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:03:14 -0800 conglomerate consolidation content corporatism drm gutmann media microsoft security vista Blazecock Pileon http://www.metafilter.com/43089/Mainstream%2Dmedia <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0624-25.htm">[A] small enough group to fit in a moderate size university classroom:</a> just "118 people comprise the membership on the boards of director of the ten big [US] media giants." <small>[also seen at <a href="http://www.iwtnews.com/node/791">Independent World Television</a> &amp; <a href="null"><a href="http://www.republicoft.com/index.php/archives/2005/06/27/time-to-change-the-channel/#comments">RepublicofT</a></a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43089 Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:04:08 -0800 conglomerate media_monoploy dash_slot-