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heavyhanded tactics will kill the entertainment industry
All these overprotections and wacky locks will only eventually turn off everyone and make people less interested in entertainment overall. People are still interested now because they can record and transport media as they see fit. Once all this "your two week license has expired, please call Microsoft (or whoever else) to get it renewed" stuff gets going I think people will become very irked and offended and will just start to look the other way.
I think companies are releasing both technologies because they make money. I can't see anyone stopping selling CD or DVD recorders just because some 13 year olds are copying music online. There is just too much of a market for it, and deep down they (the industry) know that this cpoying isn't really hurting their bottom line. They just want to trick us into thinking that it is.

"So we'll end up with all these portable video players and have nothing to play on them except our own home movies."

Which can only mean the most wondrous boon to the homemade porn industry. Get the wifey to do the coo-ca-racha in her cute little nighty while you excitedly prance about like Federico Felini with some nice wood going..
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli   Posted on: 01/07/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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What am I missing here  Squawkbox | 01/07/05
Canceling each other out  tic swayback | 01/07/05
heavyhanded tactics will kill the entertainment industry  Jeff Spicoli | 01/07/05
Or the tech companies will flex their muscle  tic swayback | 01/07/05
I was going to remark...  Michael Kelly | 01/07/05
Someone must walk away, or the technology dies  tic swayback | 01/07/05
PRECISELY and elegantly expressed Tic  Squawkbox | 01/07/05
Re: What am I missing here  P. Douglas | 01/07/05
Scope of DRM ???  low-life | 01/07/05
Might be tough  tic swayback | 01/07/05
Really? I did not know that.  Squawkbox | 01/07/05
Who is the market for this technology  alterego_z | 01/07/05
Good point  Squawkbox | 01/07/05
That's why I think...  Michael Kelly | 01/07/05
Are you going to want to whip out a tablet on the bus?  tic swayback | 01/07/05
A tablet isn't THAT big  Michael Kelly | 01/07/05
But it's bigger than an iPod  tic swayback | 01/07/05
Watching Videos On Small Screen Devices is Okay  P. Douglas | 01/07/05
It's not real great though  tic swayback | 01/07/05
But it has potential  dave95 | 01/08/05
Innovation  Sunny Jalolly | 01/07/05

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