One more lame idea from MS... but,

One more lame idea from MS... but,

it could be any number of other companies that simply don't get it. Microsoft continues with their lame ideas and this one is no different. Basically, content will appear fuzzy on your monitor if it does not meet strict security requirements. WTF? from A VC to "hey robert, what's the deal with longhorn opm?" from Hugh on Gapingvoid have more about MS's latest bad idea.

I believe the biggest threat to copyright is not piracy but what individuals are developing on their own. Take a look at the BBC and the volumes of content they've made publicly available to anyone who wants to remix it. The Beeb Shall Inherit the Earth by Cory Doctorow - wired.com. "America's entertainment industry is committing slow, spectacular suicide, while one of Europe's biggest broadcasters -- the BBC -- is rushing headlong to the future, embracing innovation rather than fighting it".

"If companies can open themselves up to contributions from enthusiastic [employees] customers and partners, that should help them create products and services faster, with fewer duds -- and at far lower cost, with far less risk." This is what BusinessWeek writes in a long and well documented essay entitled "The Power of Us".

BTW I wrote about The Changing Nature of Brands yesterday that goes into more detail with links to John Hagel, the edge perspective and Cris Anderson, the longtail.