Petition to save HDDVD

[Christopher Stamper]

Who cares? I'm not using either. Ever.

Maybe they will both die. :-)

Better yet, maybe M$ will buy HD-DVD and both die! We can always hope....
:-)

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Haig Dedeyan <hdedeyan at videotron.ca>
wrote:

> Cory K. wrote:
> >
> > We're only suckers if we let ourselves. CDs aren't going anywhere soon.
> > No matter how grim the industry likes to portray itself. CDs IMHO are
> > perfect. They can try to come out with supposed "better" formats but it
> > will only be in a effort to further copy-protection.
> >
> >
> > -Cory
> >
> >
>
>
> Here's their next attempt:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/08/riaa_wants_filters_for_end_users/
>
> *RIAA chief calls for copyright filters on PCs*
>
> *By deception or force if necessary*
>
> By Austin Modine
> <
> http://forms.theregister.co.uk/mail_author/?story_url=/2008/02/08/riaa_wants_filters_for_end_users/
> >
>
>
> Published Friday 8th February 2008 01:36 GMT
>
> When is a virus not a virus? When its sending your personal data to the
> Recording Industry Association of America, silly.
>
> Internet advocacy website Public Knowledge
> <http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1388> has posted a highlight reel
> from the State of the Net Conference, where RIAA boss Cary Sherman
> suggests that internet filtering sorely lacks the personal touch of
> spyware.
>
> While ISP-level filtering dragnets such as those proposed by AT&T
> <
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/11/att_want_to_block_copyrighted_material_at_network_level/
> >
> have their way of catching the sloppier digital music thieves
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/03/jammie_thomas_attorney_flees/>
> out there, the technology is more-or-less bypassed by basic file
> encryption.
>
> That's why Sherman recommends finding a way to install filtering
> software directly onto people's home PCs.
>
> "One could have a filter on the end-user's computer that would actually
> eliminate any benefit from encryption. Because if you want to hear it
> [the music], you would need to decrypt it. At that point the filter
> could work," said Sherman.
>
> "Why would somebody want to put that on their machine? They wouldn't
> likely want to do that," mused Sherman.
>
> Why indeed?
>
> "They'd do that when it benefits them such as for viruses and so on and
> so forth. But that's the sort of thing that could be enforced whether at
> the modem or something that's put in by an ISP."
>
> Ah, trickery. But perhaps you'll need some rationalization so it doesn't
> sound like your average run-of-the-mill nefarious spyware.
>
> I don't think you should underestimate the educational benefit of these
> kind of things. A lot of this is basically letting people know that what
> you're doing here is not OK.
>
> Education. Perfect. If history is any judge, we're sure the RIAA's legal
> department will find a very reasonable and scholarly way of setting a
> person back on the straight and narrow. Meanwhile the vast majority who
> don't steal music will be happy knowing the RIAA is scanning every
> packet of their incoming data in the name of academia.
>
> Catch the highlights here <http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1388>. Or
> see the full conference here
> <http://www.netcaucus.org/conference/2008/20080130sotn-filters.ram>
> (watching an hour of streaming Real Player video is done at your own
> risk). (R)
>
>
>
>
>
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