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DivX;) Goes Legit
ZooB writes: "There is an article running on CNET right now about DivX and how,(and I'm sure this comes as no surprise to anyone reading this here), such a technology used so frequently for piracy can be used in a legitimate manner. The article is interesting enough, but take careful note of the comment by an MPAA representative. "We are aware of DivX and similar technologies, but it's not the technology that's the issue, it's how it is applied," said a spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America, who declined to comment specifically on DivXNetworks. "Our concern is with technology that is marketed, promoted and used as a tool for piracy." His first sentence seems to fly in the face of the DMCA as the law is currently written and then, perhaps realizing what he has just said, the spokesman back pedals and contradicts his previous statement! It is nice to know that someone besides a politician can speak out of both sides of their mouth."
What the hell are you talking about? Perhaps you should've read the article?
DivX is a compression scheme used to decrease the size of movies without much loss in quality. Something similar to MP3 but for video. Next time try to post something that has to do with the topic at hand.
You're nothing; like me.
You mean like this?
You know what. I tried to fucking post the first fucking line of this message and I got this stupid fucking message:
Your comment violated the postercomment compression filter. Comment aborted
Nice filtering that nukes real messages.
Best. Comment. Ever. Enjoy!