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Disney Close To Unveiling New "DVD Killer"
Uncle Rummy writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Disney is close to releasing a new system that will sell permanent, multi-device access to digital media. The system, dubbed Keychest, is being positioned as an answer to consumer concerns about purchasing digital media that are locked to a small number of devices, and thus as a way to finally shift media sales from an ownership model to an access model. They claim that such a service would reduce the risk of losing access to content as a result of a single vendor going out of business, as purchased content would remain available from other vendors. However, they do not seem to have addressed the question of what happens to customers' access to purchased content if the Keychest service itself is discontinued."
MPAA sues Disney over new "DVD Killer"
In order to provide the most choice, freedom, and protection for consumers, use of Keychest will become mandatory.
what if Disney itself goes out of business?
Then all is lost. You will be too busy fighting for daily survival - trying to outwit gangs of bandits, scrounging or stealing whatever scraps of food you can find, amputating your own gangrenous limb using nothing but rusty garden tools - to think about movies or entertainment of any kind.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
I'd ask if you're new here, but your UID suggests you may be one of the original bearded ones.
It's amazing what you can buy on eBay these days.
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Are you even at all familiar with the Disney company?
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SHUT UP! The user is not supposed to think about that until they launch keychest 2!
The MAFIAA is a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes
...let them call the tool that hacks this "Keyblade".
On April 21st 2011, Keychest becomes self aware and realized that the only way to protect Disney's content is to terminate all human life. Keychest takes control of the worlds nuclear arsenal and attacks. Mysteriously, sales plummet.
What's the going price for a 4-digit anyway?
Actually, I think you added an extra letter. Since it does not, in fact, "Play for sure", but they got your money, I think the proper name for Microsoft's product is "PaysForSure".
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"However, they do not seem to have addressed the question of what happens to customers' access to purchased content if the Keychest service itself is discontinued."
Oh that's easy. The consumer can just purchase it again through any number of convenient venues. :)
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Oh, I thought he meant the beard.
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Are you saying in 2025 they will decide that red lasers are better than blue after all despite blue and even higher (violet? UV?) having the ability to store more data??? Is it some sort of retro thing? Like getting a turntable? Red lasers are better for the acoustical quality, man, you can totally hear the warmth its so much better and old and different!
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Yeah, but what do I do when I get OUT of Disneyworld?
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No, sales go up. With everybody dead, it realizes there is nothing to stop it from using identity theft to get everybody to buy all Disney merchandize at full retail price...
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Ah, but I assume you are not a child aged 2-11. Disney's movies get played over and over in households with small children. Over and over. Disney would make a fortune selling per-view subscriptions to families. Over and over. Did I mention that kids watch the same movies over and over?
Agree. I am thoroughly convinced that my eldest daughter's bone structure is knitted together in crystalline patterns analogous to the sound track of Dumbo. She says she doesn't remember any of it, but all I have to do is quote half a sentence of any part of the film and she'll be humming the rest of the movie, in sequence from that point on. She knows this, and throws things at me when I do it. Unfair, really...
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Oh a sarcasm detector! That's a *REALLY* useful invention!
No, he's using the same 80x25 computer monitor he had when he created his Slashdot account.
On April 21st 2011, Keychest becomes self aware and realized that the only way to protect Disney's content is to terminate all human life. Keychest takes control of the worlds nuclear arsenal and attacks. Mysteriously, sales plummet.
I'd bet money that Disney would still blame piracy for the decline in sales.
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Piracy blamed.
for wally world's sake
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Your spelling deserves to be rediculed.
A peek inside the famous Disney vault: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/disney-vault-vt/27139/
Better yet, lets have some indecent ones!
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