I just had one thought. Don't these editing companies have to bypass the encryption of the DVD to extract the content prior to them cutting out the "nasty" parts? Doesn't that bring them into violation of the DCMA? Do they encrypt the edited version when they burn their DVD? If not, haven't they now released a non-protected version of the film?
Sounds like pirates without all the looting, womanizing and drinking.
Anyone for tea and scones? I guess in Utah it would be a root beer and a donut.
Apple states they do not want to sell their OS X to run on generic x86 hardware because it will cut into their profits. I don't see Microsoft having the same reservations.
In fact I can see Microsoft selling a version of Windows made specifically for the x86 Mac line. The Microsoft product would install Windows on the x86 Mac as a dual boot option (Windows being the default option of course). The MS product would repartion the drive and then install Windows, leaving you with a primary Windows Mac that could also boot OS X.
This would leave Apple with a shrinking market share since their machines are now being sold against commodity x86 hardware, and without their OS X being sold for non-Apple hardware. Seems to me to be a lose-lose situation for Apple.
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I just had one thought. Don't these editing companies have to bypass the encryption of the DVD to extract the content prior to them cutting out the "nasty" parts? Doesn't that bring them into violation of the DCMA? Do they encrypt the edited version when they burn their DVD? If not, haven't they now released a non-protected version of the film?
Sounds like pirates without all the looting, womanizing and drinking.
Anyone for tea and scones? I guess in Utah it would be a root beer and a donut.
Apple states they do not want to sell their OS X to run on generic x86 hardware because it will cut into their profits. I don't see Microsoft having the same reservations.
In fact I can see Microsoft selling a version of Windows made specifically for the x86 Mac line. The Microsoft product would install Windows on the x86 Mac as a dual boot option (Windows being the default option of course). The MS product would repartion the drive and then install Windows, leaving you with a primary Windows Mac that could also boot OS X.
This would leave Apple with a shrinking market share since their machines are now being sold against commodity x86 hardware, and without their OS X being sold for non-Apple hardware. Seems to me to be a lose-lose situation for Apple.
Dirkus