I guess stupidity is contagious - how else to explain the fact that Adobe is adding DRM to Flash, and that it will probably lock out non-Adobe players? From the EFF:

Now Adobe, which controls Flash and Flash Video, is trying to change that with the introduction of DRM restrictions in version 9 of its Flash Player and version 3 of its Flash Media Server software. Instead of an ordinary web download, these programs can use a proprietary, secret Adobe protocol to talk to each other, encrypting the communication and locking out non-Adobe software players and video tools. We imagine that Adobe has no illusions that this will stop copyright infringement -- any more than dozens of other DRM systems have done so -- but the introduction of encryption does give Adobe and its customers a powerful new legal weapon against competitors and ordinary users through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

This approach has worked so well for the RIAA - I can understand why Adobe wants to jump on the "shrink my business and piss off our customers" bandwagon....

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