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SDMI as Dead As DivX

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the say-bye-bye dept.

Anonymous Cowpie writes "Rival predicts death for SDMI - Bob Kohn, chairman of EMusic, says SDMI's new spec won't dislodge MP3. He also says "In a year's time, the SDMI standard will suffer the same demise as Divx. The standard war is over today."" Fine by me. Wouldn't have had SDMI on Linux for years anyway, and my MP3 collection isn't going anywhere.

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  1. Head of SDMI is against privacy?? by KlomDark · · Score: 5
    This also scares me. In a Wired interview, Leonardo Chiariglione, the head of the SDMI initiate, said:

    "Why all of sudden has the United States become so concerned with privacy? Privacy was never a concern before the Web."

    We have always been concerned about privacy. It is more along the lines of "Why are there suddenly so many privacy invasions and disregard for everyones basic want for privacy?"