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The audio and motion picture industries are taking copy protection way too far. I am really getting sick of hearing news every day that a new product is being delayed or that some feature is being left out of a product because these greedy organizations are worried that someone is going to rip them off of a nickel. Microsoft Office and Windows are some of the most pirated software available, but I don't see Bill Gates in the welfare line. Most consumers don't even have the equipment or technical know-how to copy CDs, much less DVDs. Bottom line? Copy-protection issues hurt only the industry's innovators. People who really want to pirate software are going to find a way to do it.