Well, it sucks that you might not be able to get nice pure digital copies of stuff, but whatever.
As long as I can *see* the movie, *hear* the music or *read* the book, some device somewhere can do the same thing. Worst case, if you want a copy, just get a decent mic and speaker setup in a soundproof box. Play the sound off one device, record it on another.
Same with movies. Set up a digital video camera pointed at your HDTV...
Unless they put some kind of DRM in your eyes and ears, they can't stop you.
There's a few people saying "Right now, it doesn't do anything."
"Hey man, have you heard about this new invention? It's called a Compact Disc!"
"Forget about it man, they're worthless. My record player gets crap sound out of them."
How about MMX? What about 3D cards? We had to wait until software came out that really took advantage of them before we could see what it could really do. Some apps are developed for multithreading, but the hardware's got to be in wide release before it's worth it to developers to write for it.
I think in the end we'll all benifit, but just like every other technology it'll take some time.
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Well, it sucks that you might not be able to get nice pure digital copies of stuff, but whatever. As long as I can *see* the movie, *hear* the music or *read* the book, some device somewhere can do the same thing. Worst case, if you want a copy, just get a decent mic and speaker setup in a soundproof box. Play the sound off one device, record it on another. Same with movies. Set up a digital video camera pointed at your HDTV... Unless they put some kind of DRM in your eyes and ears, they can't stop you.
If you're really upset, there's always FreeDOS
"Hey man, have you heard about this new invention? It's called a Compact Disc!"
"Forget about it man, they're worthless. My record player gets crap sound out of them."
How about MMX? What about 3D cards? We had to wait until software came out that really took advantage of them before we could see what it could really do. Some apps are developed for multithreading, but the hardware's got to be in wide release before it's worth it to developers to write for it.
I think in the end we'll all benifit, but just like every other technology it'll take some time.