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Hulu has the right idea

as far as offering free content in exchange for mandatory commercials (which is no worse than TV without a DVR) but of course it is still too limited in content to call it a success. But overall it's very obvious that the entertainment industry does not get it. Every positive step they have made towards a compromise of mere fairness has been done while kicking and screaming every step of the way.

Really, all people want is the ability to watch whatever they want whenever they want wherever that want. And most people are willing to either pay a fair fee for that ability or put up with commercials in exchange for making it free. It's not even DRM per say that turns people off, it's the fact that the terms of ALL mainstream media's DRM prevents people from obtaining their "whatever, whenever, wherever" goals. Hulu comes the closest, they at least do a good job of covering the "wherever" goal, and "whenever" isn't bad, though movies do expire eventually. But as I said, the choices are too limited, though that wouldn't be a problem if whomever holds the copyrights to other movies/shows were to have a similar model as Hulu.

Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 06/11/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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