Comments on: Elite data transfer headaches--already?

A number of DRM-related problems have begun to plague the new shipment of Xbox 360 Elites.

[DraconumPB]

...what??

"yes, even games now suffer from this poorly thought-out technology"

[referring to DRM]

Okay, wait a second. Since when did software NOT involve some sort of DRM? DRM is not new. It is new, in the sense of controlling media such as MP3s or videos, (which are relatively young in the overall sense of things that are stored on your computer's hard drive) but people have had to deal with software that requires licenses since... well... since always?

Granted, the technology that controls whether or not you can use your purchased office software, games, whatever, has developed over time (as has other DRM technology since its inception), but honestly, it's not like software and games have always been free to share and use and have only recently, since the release of the XBox 360, been inundated with rights management...

I mean, hell, here's an example: The Sega Saturn's discs contained a ring around the outer edge that supposedly makes them more difficult to copy (it does, but of course, that's been broken long ago and there are methods around it - as there is with any DRM). Or how about the differently-shaped Nintendo cartridges based on region?

That just seemed, IMO, like kind of a silly thing to say, kind of ignorant and not mindful of the fact that DRM was not born yesteday (neither were 'blogs', either, but that's a whole different story.)

[kerbero9]

umm... not really

If you bought a new Saturn did you have any problems playing your old games on it? You didn't. Could you bring your Nintendo cartridge to your friends house and play it on his system? Yup.

There was no "marriage" of a specific piece of content with a specific piece of hardware. That is what makes DRM different and that is what makes it "poorly thought-out technology"

It is rediculous that if I own ...ehh, excuse me .. purchase the right to play, a piece of content that I, the licensee, cannot transfer(permanently) that right to another piece of hardware of my choosing (like my new Eilte).

[jelloburn]

Somebody dropped the ball

It does seem like Microsoft could have found a way to transfer the
system key from your old 360 to the elite. Maybe, like a swap. Old
to New and New to Old?

The fact that this was obviously not thought out is obvious, but
Microsoft shouldn't just give up and tell people not to copy content
they ever want to watch offline again. That's just bad customer
service.

[woolster0]

xbox media centre extender

i have an annoying problem can anyone help, i have an xbox 360, i can connect to xbox live, but cannot transfer data from my vista laptop to the xbox via the media centre extender,they both pair together ok and for about 10 to 15 seconds transfer music etc to the xbox but then keep getting message on tv screen saying the connection had to be closed due to a U I problem can u help!!!!

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