The funniest thing is that all these people that raised a stink over the "Hot Coffee" mod are just bringing free publicity to an already very popular game. They're essentially giving Rockstar free advertising.
Apple could easily pitch the success of their iTunes music store the the major motion picture companies and probably work out a reasonable DRM that's flexible enough for consumers to handle.
I doubt that the film industry would settle for any "flexible" DRM. They would probably claim that it would be too easy to broadcast the movies to a large audience and would only agree to allow these movies to be played on special DRM'd TVs.
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The funniest thing is that all these people that raised a stink over the "Hot Coffee" mod are just bringing free publicity to an already very popular game. They're essentially giving Rockstar free advertising.
Is your 19" TV somehow unique, creative and an interest to nerds (Star Wars theme, for example)? If so, then go ahead and submit it.
I was thinking the same thing until I saw that the sub is actually pretty cool. Should /. refrain from posting any auctions even if they are awesome?
In this case it's actually a pretty cool Star Wars gadget even if you're not a fan of the movies.
You forgot Lieberman...
does the fact that you can remain compatible with today's applications and data on hardware that is almost a decade old, impede PC sales?
Uhh... no?
Apple could easily pitch the success of their iTunes music store the the major motion picture companies and probably work out a reasonable DRM that's flexible enough for consumers to handle.
I doubt that the film industry would settle for any "flexible" DRM. They would probably claim that it would be too easy to broadcast the movies to a large audience and would only agree to allow these movies to be played on special DRM'd TVs.
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