From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Dec 18 1998 - 01:31:19 EST
Stefan..
it is all about $$ and WHEN you get the DVD CD of a particular movie..
not piracy..
Stefan.Tilkov_at_mlc.de wrote:
> I don't get it ... the original problem is not about copying or piracy, but
> about wanting to play a DVD movie from another region.
>
> So what does the movie industry gain from making it impossible for me to
> watch American movies?
>
> Stefan Tilkov
> s.tilkov_at_computer.org
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> An: John Kim <kim_at_stormhaven.org>
> cc: ThinkPad Mailing List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu> (bcc: tpml)
> Thema: Re: 770X DVD region problem
>
> John..
> good and lucid explanation..
> my editorial:
> hollywood 'content' providers seem to want to be a wealthy as "Pearly"
> Gates who wants to be richer than god..
> all endevor or risk should be rewarded.. but "How much is enough" ??
>
> John Kim wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Jeroen Elfferich wrote:
> > >
> > > The fact that the movie industry is so paranoid about these
> > > issues is one, but the fact that IBM sells computers that
> > > let you unwillingly completely disable one of the key
> > > features it sells the machines for, bothers me a lot. The
> >
> > IBM may not have had much choice. The record/movie industry
> > got a couple laws passed requiring certain types of digital
> > hardware that can be used to record/playback audio/video have
> > copy protection capabilities. There's an exception clause for
> > computers, but playing back DVD movies is a decidedly
> > un-computerlike capability. (These laws also require a tax be
> > pre-paid to these industries on all digital consumer hardware,
> > to compensate them for lost revenues due to potential piracy
> > by you.) That's what killed off DAT.
> >
> > Fun world we live in, eh? :-)
> > --
> > John H. Kim
> > kim_at_stormhaven.org
>
> --
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> 770X-7AU(8.1gig, 261meg),
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> 701C(6.3gig, 40meg),
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> Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will
> vary, Done on a
> closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
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