Comment Number:	539814-00779
Received:	2/13/2009 5:06:34 PM
Organization:
Commenter:	Michael Fox
State:	CA
Agency:	Federal Trade Commission
Rule:	FTC Town Hall to Address Digital Rights Management Technologies - Event Takes Place Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Seattle
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Comments:

I bought a Bluray player for my computer and a couple of discs. I took it home, installed it and after many frustrating hours learned that the player and the discs would never work because the DRM scheme in Bluray: * Excludes Linux * Requires you to replace your motherboard and video card with a motherboard and video card that has paid the proper royalties to the DRM authority. So the hardware the the media went back to the store. No sale. Nobody wins.