From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 29 16:12:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10D3B15174 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:12:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@hiwaay.net) Received: from hiwaay.net (tnt6-216-180-4-106.dialup.HiWAAY.net [216.180.4.106]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id SAA20641; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:11:46 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <38431641.F4E9379F@hiwaay.net> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:11:45 -0600 From: Kris Kirby Organization: Non Illegitemus Carborundum. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass Cc: crh@outpost.co.nz, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Video Stupidity References: <000001bf30b5$b82c5470$021d85d1@youwant.to> <199911170254.TAA05982@usr08.primenet.com> <4.2.0.58.19991120204027.0452b630@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brett Glass wrote: > Incidentally, Sony is now trying to introduce a proprietary flash > memory format. Why another format? Partially so they can own it, > but primarily because it has COPY PROTECTION. (Yes, that's right; > each Memory Stick incorporates SCMS.) Now that Sony itself has a > large content empire (which it began to bulk up shortly after it > realized that content lost it the VHS vs. Beta battle), it wants > to prevent its content from being copied -- at all costs. Likewise, > have you ever noticed that there are no Walkmen that record? Again, > this is an attempt to protect content from copying. Funny how > everything is interconnected. The portable cassette recorders that meet this definition are sold under the name "Pressman", as in The Press or mass media as a whole. You're more likely to see them in a B&H catalog than Wal-Mart. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message