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A Lucid Explanation of Palladium

Posted by Hemos on from the understanding-the-stakes dept.

buro9 writes "Last week on the WMTalk list a heated debate raged on the rights of a consumer to rip their DVD's locally for more convenient playback later. As the debate started to border on a flameware an anonymous user managed to give the most clear description of Palladium and its implications to us as both users and developers."

2 of 51 comments (clear)

  1. Re:ugh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    "What in the world is coming next? A TV that shuts off when you mute or flip channels during commercials or even more likely - refuses to let you do so? "



    No, what's next is a tv that refuses to let you go to the bathroom during the commercials

  2. Taking bets! by Mirkon · · Score: 2, Funny
    Ten bucks says that post is purged by sundown.

    "We're sorry, the page you're looking for could not be found. Perhaps you'd care to sign up for MSN 8?"

    (on a side-note, the below link is another explanation of Palladium, likely less lucid, as it was written by myself)

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    Glog!