Congress divided on broadcast flag plan

Why not just give MPAA money?: Wouldn't it be cheaper just to give the MPAA money rather than force everyone to buy new copy restricted DRM'd devices? If every household donates say $500 instead of spending $1000 on new equipment, that'll be 50 billion, they claim to lose $5 billiona year in piracy, say $1 billion of that is in the USA, thats 50 years worth of losses covered.

Also I don't see how it would work, lots of things are illegal but it doesn't stop them happening 100%, since it only takes 1 copy to cross from copy restricted to non-copy restricted, and there are already lots of devices out there that can make a copy it couldn't work.

Perhaps you could have a guns for toys like program, VCRs for toys?; Posted by: Nigel Johnstone Posted on: 11/04/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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