<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7136069.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7136069.stm</a><br><br>I'm not sure exactly what's being<br>done here here, but do know that<br>the RIAA and the MPAA would
<br>dearly love to control people's <br>computer's so that nothing can be<br>stored on people's personal hard<br>drives that those monopolies don't<br>approve of.<br><br>**<br><font size="2">Western Digital has blocked users from sharing more than
30 different file types, if they are using the company's software,
called Anywhere Access.</font><br>**<br><br>People like Orin Hatch, R-UT, point man<br>for the MPAA and the RIAA, contemptuously<br>claimed that if people didn't heed the wishes<br>of those monopoly groups their PCs would
<br>be rendered useless. Never mind that he didn't<br>know what he was talking about - the intent<br>is clear enough. <br><br>The question is whether a company like WD<br>will try to implement a hardware solution -<br>
something that looks for a code in a file? <br><br>I doubt the industry will stop looking for a <br>way to prevent people from storing things<br>on their PCs that it doesn't like. Failing that,<br>it will continue to keep suing everyone in
<br>sight, but I suspect it would prefer PC control.<br><br> -Bob<br><br><br>