the nail in the coffin??? since when was HD-DVD even in the coffin?
did you not read this?
Honestly (and even though im not much of an MS fan), i think the words "And just to let you know Sir, this Blu-ray edition movie wont play on any of your computers that have Windows" from the mouth of a circuit city employee to a customer will be enough to send that customer straight to HD-DVD movie aisle.
he was implying that the new wave of discs (not hd-dvd since that apparently will allow for one, controlled back-up to be created) will possess DRM that prevents him from creating that one copy that "copy right law allows you to make" now, as you stated.
there's a big difference. you are looking for a reason to copy the DVD before it gets trashed by ur rugrats. who's to control if it ever actually gets destroyed by them...or if it ends up at your friends house?
the idea of the law is to allow media which can't be accessed anymore to be accessed.
in your case...the law would allow you to glue the pieces of ur destroyed blu-ray disc back together, read the info off of it...and then create a new, proper disc with the original discs content.
Being a person that travels reguarly between North America, Europe and occasionally Africa, i can attest to you that DVD region codes have always been entirely pointless. The two main reasons region codes were implemented was A) to control movie/dvd release timings in various parts of the world and B) to prevent people from purchasing cheaper versions of DVDs from foreign countries.
In actuality, neither of the above two have actually occured for the following reasons:
The majority of the people that complain about region codes are (excluding those guys that love their asian porn and japanimation) people that travel and move between different continents. Anyone that does falls into either of these groups, already has a DVD player that ignores region codes...thus making them pointless.
People who just can't wait to watch a movie that has come out in another part of the world will find a way to watch it regardless....generally by downloading a movie off some p2p network.
The above to points together make argument A entirely moot.
Arguement B is entirely disproven by a combination of factors as well. The following facts are true: Many people do not have faith in the internet and thus are very sceptical about ordering stuff online...much less from a website in asia/south-east asia where dollars signs are replayed by little Y's with lines through them. Americans are lazy, they'd rather buy DVDs at walmart at the same time they get their size 60, Route 66 pants. If a person doesn't want to pay 15 dollars for a DVD, there are much easier alternatives than ordering Moulin Rouge (Mombay Edition) over the internet; you can walk (i mean drive...forgot this was america) to your cities local china town where 'buy 3 DVDs get 10' offers appear on every corner. Generally, no one is going to order dvd's from foreign countries.
Im greatly looking forward to HD-DVDs not having region locking. as for blu-ray....its gonna end up like every other piece of sony technology (Mini discs, magic gate memory, UMD, etc) -> proprietary and dead.
i don't see how P2P services are much different from a second-hand CD store.
take the following hypothetical situation---
a second hand CD store receives CD's that people no longer want. they then turn around and sell each CD for some value, which could be as little as 1. the person who buys the cd, goes home and copies the music onto their computer, then donates the CD back to the second hand store....repeat
or is a person supposed to delete all copies/duplicates of a cd after they get rid of the original?
Im really wondering how successful this iPod/Phone mix is actually going to be.
The main reason the iPod was so successful was because it was the best of its class. It aimed to do one thing..and it did it perfectly.
This new phone/mp3 player combo does not excel in any category. Out of the box it only supports 100 songs. Even the 100 dollar iPod Shuffle supports more than that. People are going to decide between A) buying a cheap family phone that costs 1 with a new plan PLUS a standalone ipod that can hold hundreds if not thousands of songs and B) a new phone that costs $250 and play 100 songs + whatever $35 for an extra memory card to turn it into a decent mp3 player.
Success in europe? don't even count on it...it doesnt even support 3G.
Throw in the fact that its bulky and has a name that no one will ever be able to pronounce without possibly regurgitating their lunch...the "iPod Phone" (im sure thats what EVERYONE is going to be calling it) is probably not going to be as successful as hoped.
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the nail in the coffin??? since when was HD-DVD even in the coffin?
did you not read this?
Honestly (and even though im not much of an MS fan), i think the words "And just to let you know Sir, this Blu-ray edition movie wont play on any of your computers that have Windows" from the mouth of a circuit city employee to a customer will be enough to send that customer straight to HD-DVD movie aisle.
read the parent.
he was implying that the new wave of discs (not hd-dvd since that apparently will allow for one, controlled back-up to be created) will possess DRM that prevents him from creating that one copy that "copy right law allows you to make" now, as you stated.
there's a big difference. you are looking for a reason to copy the DVD before it gets trashed by ur rugrats. who's to control if it ever actually gets destroyed by them...or if it ends up at your friends house? the idea of the law is to allow media which can't be accessed anymore to be accessed. in your case...the law would allow you to glue the pieces of ur destroyed blu-ray disc back together, read the info off of it...and then create a new, proper disc with the original discs content.
Being a person that travels reguarly between North America, Europe and occasionally Africa, i can attest to you that DVD region codes have always been entirely pointless. The two main reasons region codes were implemented was A) to control movie/dvd release timings in various parts of the world and B) to prevent people from purchasing cheaper versions of DVDs from foreign countries.
In actuality, neither of the above two have actually occured for the following reasons:
The majority of the people that complain about region codes are (excluding those guys that love their asian porn and japanimation) people that travel and move between different continents. Anyone that does falls into either of these groups, already has a DVD player that ignores region codes...thus making them pointless.
People who just can't wait to watch a movie that has come out in another part of the world will find a way to watch it regardless....generally by downloading a movie off some p2p network.
The above to points together make argument A entirely moot.
Arguement B is entirely disproven by a combination of factors as well. The following facts are true: Many people do not have faith in the internet and thus are very sceptical about ordering stuff online...much less from a website in asia/south-east asia where dollars signs are replayed by little Y's with lines through them. Americans are lazy, they'd rather buy DVDs at walmart at the same time they get their size 60, Route 66 pants. If a person doesn't want to pay 15 dollars for a DVD, there are much easier alternatives than ordering Moulin Rouge (Mombay Edition) over the internet; you can walk (i mean drive...forgot this was america) to your cities local china town where 'buy 3 DVDs get 10' offers appear on every corner. Generally, no one is going to order dvd's from foreign countries.
Im greatly looking forward to HD-DVDs not having region locking. as for blu-ray....its gonna end up like every other piece of sony technology (Mini discs, magic gate memory, UMD, etc) -> proprietary and dead.
i don't see how P2P services are much different from a second-hand CD store.
take the following hypothetical situation---
a second hand CD store receives CD's that people no longer want. they then turn around and sell each CD for some value, which could be as little as 1. the person who buys the cd, goes home and copies the music onto their computer, then donates the CD back to the second hand store....repeat
or is a person supposed to delete all copies/duplicates of a cd after they get rid of the original?
Im really wondering how successful this iPod/Phone mix is actually going to be. The main reason the iPod was so successful was because it was the best of its class. It aimed to do one thing..and it did it perfectly. This new phone/mp3 player combo does not excel in any category. Out of the box it only supports 100 songs. Even the 100 dollar iPod Shuffle supports more than that. People are going to decide between A) buying a cheap family phone that costs 1 with a new plan PLUS a standalone ipod that can hold hundreds if not thousands of songs and B) a new phone that costs $250 and play 100 songs + whatever $35 for an extra memory card to turn it into a decent mp3 player. Success in europe? don't even count on it...it doesnt even support 3G. Throw in the fact that its bulky and has a name that no one will ever be able to pronounce without possibly regurgitating their lunch...the "iPod Phone" (im sure thats what EVERYONE is going to be calling it) is probably not going to be as successful as hoped.
forewarning for the possiblility that....Longhorn will be such a huge (resource NOT friendly) OS, it will need to be installed off an HD DVD disc