[NA-Discuss] Dell Colludes With RIAA, Disables Stereo Mix

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  More ongoing shanagans by the RIAA effect users in a negitive
way.

  So again, isn't it time that ICANN, the GNSO, and the IPC revoke
the RIAA's membership?

See:

 A link to a Maximum PC story, which begins:
"Details of Dell's surreptitious collusion with RIAA (Record Industry
Association of America) have emerged. Apparently, the computer
manufacturer
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/dell_colludes_with_riaa_disables_stereo_mix_without_forewarning
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." (There

are some workarounds posted in the comments of the linked article.)

Regards,

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