1. On the one hand, you are saying MS can do anything and US will change its laws. While trying to back up your statement, you are bringing up MS Anti-Trust Laws. Dont you see that you are providing the proof that you are wrong? I am not saying that what MS does is completely ethical. When it comes to ethics, you have to differentiate between business ethics and moral ethics... Many things MS does will probably not pass under moral ethics... And if the consumer/government/injured party thinks that they are doing somethings that are unethical in business means, then they can sue MS, as there have been many instances. But just because they have been sued doesnt make them unethical. In the US, flinging lawsuits has become almost a joke and a pastime. MS comes into the limelight a lot because it is a large company and many people will look to make a quick buck by sueing the company. You cant justify they are unethical simply because they are sued a lot.
2 & 3. If you are against the implementation of DRM in any form, then I cant help you. Obviously, you are all for open source and you look at anything that is closed source with a suspicious eye. I would call it being paranoid, but you may call it playing safe. In the same sense, as others have pointed it out, you should not use a lot of other technology, such as credit cards, internet banking, cellphones, etc because they use closed source technology and have the ability to pass on your browsing habits, etc when you use them.
Regarding DRM, are you not aware that there is a copyright statement on the cassettes that you purchase regarding making copies and broadcasting in public? When I was in my college years, I saw a lot of piracy going on around me. Heck, I was part of the problem too. Later in my life, as I started to work, and began to mature, I realised what I did was wrong, and cleared out pretty much what I pirated... Either purchase the CDs for the songs I pirated or atleast remove them from my computers... Unfortunately, not everyone matures. And in developping countries like India, piracy is rampant. If you tell a person "piracy is wrong, buy the original", which costs a much larger sum than the pirated version, the person will say "Go to hell" and purchase the pirated version only. So, what is wrong with the music/movie industry to look after their own interests in reducing piracy? If you think all users have the moral ethics to make the right choice, you are living in a utopian world. Giving the users freedom to choose between pirated free music and legal paid music is laughable in the current world scenario. You are only looking at it from the end-user's point of view and not from the creator's point of view... The creator has to have the authority to dictate how his/her product is to be distributed. And if they try to misuse the authority, the government has the right to intervene. But saying that they shouldnt be given the authority at all is wrong.
And if you think DRM is the only way MS can incorporate track-and-inform methods, you are dreaming. There are many technologies that exist from Win 9x days that can be used to track your info. If you dont trust them, dont use it...
Arun
. What an insane comment. 
