Microsoft haven't dropped support for Silverlight. In fact even the previous version 4 of Silverlight still has 3 years to EOL. There's no announcement about EOL for version 5, and MS licenses say they are obligated to give announcement several years before. On that matter, Adobe isn't going to drop support for Flash either. They just announced that in *five years* they drop support in *Linux* for *other browsers than Chrome* (and who doesn't implement PPAPI) So, you're basically talking out of your ass.

You don't own the content streamed to you. There are different licensing for content, at different prices. Want to own it fully? Buy it directly from the production company, at premium price. But then you can do whatever you want with it. Want it cheaper than that? Then you are bound to their licenses, which includes that you do not broadcast or transfer it to other people. However, you DO have the choice, if you just pay.

Actually, in many countries it is now. Before only uploading was illegal, but many countries have changed downloading to be illegal too. While you may not agree with that, please don't spread bullshit as someone that doesn't know laws might get himself in trouble because of your actions.

How are they forcing you to this? Are they holding gun against your head?

I hope they don't, because I'm very happy with the current movie offerings. I just saw In Time and it was great movie. I doubt something like that could be made with amateurs. I was happy to pay for it, because it gave me good value and I know making good entertainment costs a lot of money.

Who says so? You? Isn't it kinda ironic that you try to tell others how to use the internet while being mad when they try to do the same?

Or, they have backbone and are willing to pay some for their entertainment. Don't want it on your computer? Then go see it in movies or be without it.

DRM will be required by content providers. HTML5 video will never gain any market share without it. Otherwise we will continue to have Flash and Silverlight.

Because that would be devastating to Google and all their tracking. No one would turn it on. That's why it's on by default.

GreatBunzinni has been anonymously accusing almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up his anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot.

GreatBunzinni is actually a 32-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active the KDE mailing list. He has accounts at OSNews, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot. While trolling Slashdot, he enjoys music by bands like Motorhead, Fu Manchu, Iron Maiden, but lately he's been on a big Jimi Hendrix kick, with some Bootsy Collins on the side. He's also a fan of strategy games like Vega Strike and Transport Tycoon.

Rui Maciel accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting his baseless accusations to every Slashdot story. He wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account and then in an anonymous post submitted days later. Note the use of the exact same terminology and phrasing in both posts.

Feel free to email Rui Maciel at greatbunzinni@gmail.com or rui.maciel@gmail.com, or IM him at greatbunzinni@jabber.org. You can also visit his developer blog at http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/. Check out his poorly written parsers or his crappy cube apps.

Here is a reply from one of the persons he constantly harrasses and accuses of being a shill:

To be honest, the amount of good Bill Gates has done for the world is quite remarkable. Since 2007 he has given away $28 billion, saving 6 million lives. That's $2 billion more than US budget for foreign aid. Say what you want about Gates or Microsoft, but he really has helped the world with the money he made.

And hurt Google? Because that is what you're ultimately doing when pointlessly clicking ads without real interest. You're bringing down the quality of Google's ad network and hurting them.