Wtf?! DRM'd Western Digital hard drives., what next?

[Hitboxx]

Western Digital DRM'd Hard Drive Won't Let You Share MP3, DivX ... Or Impulse Tracker
Go to Article (http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/12/western-digital.html)

What next? The chair I sit on....

[Charan]

WTF... http://gigasmilies.googlepages.com/112.gif .. absolute Bullsh!t from WD ..

[phreak0ut]

Shame on 'em http://gigasmilies.googlepages.com/68.gif

[apoorva84]

sucks big time....

[goobimama]

Flipping them the bird right now.... not cool.

[MetalheadGautham]

ɓ@ʂʈ@ɹɖʂ

they will stop at nothing to cheat us and intrude on our privacy

is there any way to get rid of that DRM? Not that I need to, as I won't by WD HDDs anymore:mad:

[sakumar79]

I think that the DRM is inflicted by the client software that you install with the HDD (from what was written in that site)... You can supposedly work around by not installing the software...

Arun

[nvidia]

Who would want to buy them? Not me.http://gigasmilies.googlepages.com/112.gif

[The_Devil_Himself]

damn
i'll buy seagate then
i was going to get a WD 250gd hdd
shame on them.

[Ankur Gupta]

^^I just bought a 250GB WD Passport External Hard Drive :p
But the problem is with the 1TB one...and the source article has even mentioned a workaround :D

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^i am not saying about the models or anything what i meant is that I will avoid buying anything WD now.Boycott the bugger.

[Hitboxx]

^^I just bought a 250GB WD Passport External Hard Drive :p
But the problem is with the 1TB one...and the source article has even mentioned a workaround :D And how long do you think before it will be implemented into the lesser sized ones?!.. once it starts from the top, it ends at the bottom. And why should people revert to hacks to get a hardware working that they legitamately buy?:rolleyes:

[x3060]

what are these guys thinking . . implementing it in hdd . . it sucks :-(

[Ankur Gupta]

And how long do you think before it will be implemented into the lesser sized ones?!.. once it starts from the top, it ends at the bottom. And why should people revert to hacks to get a hardware working that they legitamately buy?:rolleyes:

Yes I agree with you but I just love WD Hard Disks....
If WD has done it today I am sure others will also follow sooner than later....

[x3060]

first , hacked softwares became pirated softwares . . now arrives the pirated hdds . . ;-). hacked ones ofcourse . what will they think of next . implementing in proc and mob . suddenly i get the feeling , i should not sell my comp if it gets old :-). just in case. . .

[gaurav_indian]

^^i am not saying about the models or anything what i meant is that I will avoid buying anything WD now.Boycott the bugger.
abey maine toh 500gb li hai :mad:

[praka123]

WD=Bugger off :x
DRM sucks!and now the idiots are forcing on hdd too :x
http://defectivebydesign.org
^read this for information reg Digital Restrictions Management.

[src2206]

Sharing is a basic human nature, and it is a virtue which these profit mongers will never understand. I will stick with Seagate as always. WD never had a good market share in our country there is hardly any chances of increasing if they push it here. :x
http://www.world-of-smilies.com/html/images/smilies/gewalt/d066.gif

[ThinkFree]

They are certainly going to see there sales dipping if they do the same thing for all their disks

[fun2sh]

very very bad move by them!!!:mad:
WD sucks!!!! but my lappy has WD itself:sad:
DRM sucks!!:mad:

[praka123]

Microsoft and Vista,WD(hdd),AMD(forthcoming processors) -supports DRM'ing their hardware and software as of now :x

[ax3]

not good news ...... WD will have do abt it .....

[Batistabomb]

bad news

[din]

Offtopic

@gaurav_indian

How much for WD 500 GB Mybook pro ? Thats the external hard disk rt ? Does it need seperate power option ?