Microsoft Removes Copy Protection From Media Center

I suppose this is good news but Im still not sold on consumers buying a computer to watch TV and movies on. Yes, it’s great on a lap top on a plane maybe but as a replacement for the Home TV I just don’t know. What do you think?

Microsoft nixes TV copy protection – Tech News – CNET.com

Microsoft has bowed to consumer pressure and pulled back from a controversial plan that would have encrypted TV shows recorded on forthcoming digital media PCs.

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