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jasonAccording to Slashdot | Dell Colludes With RIAA, Disables Stereo Mix
“Details of Dell’s surreptitious collusion with RIAA (Record Industry Association of America) have emerged. Apparently, the computer manufacturer disabled the Stereo Mix/Mono Mix/Wave Out sound recording function on certain notebooks to assuage RIAA. The hardware functionality is being disabled without any prior notice and one blogger has even alleged that he was asked by Dell’s customer support staff to [shell] out $99 if he desired the stereo mix option. Gateway and Pac Bell are the other two manufacturers to have bowed to RIAA at the expense of their customers’ satisfaction and disabled stereo mix without warning.”
And there’s more at Dell Allegedly Colludes with RIAA, Stereo Mix Disabled without Forewarning | Maximum PC
It is interesting as this also means that it appears that there’s an effort to stop people creating their own music, not merely doing things with other people’s music. More forms of expression under threat by technology.
