Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:11:45 -0600 From: Kris Kirby <kris@hiwaay.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: crh@outpost.co.nz, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Video Stupidity Message-ID: <38431641.F4E9379F@hiwaay.net> References: <000001bf30b5$b82c5470$021d85d1@youwant.to> <199911170254.TAA05982@usr08.primenet.com> <4.2.0.58.19991120204027.0452b630@localhost>
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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 <kris@nospam.hiwaay.net> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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