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by Crito 4532 days ago
I assume the "My" stuff is a useless relic from the pre-NT days. "My music"? Of course it is mine, who's else's could it possibly be?
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Well... the lawyers want you to think it's not really yours, it's the copyright holder's...

Ditto for "My Computer", "My Documents", etc. I think Vista was the first to get rid of the "My" prefix - and whatever reason they give for it, I still think they want to slowly separate users from the idea that they own (and thus are in control) of their machines...