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Hello Tom - 

>>> They'd like to change that. Remember DIVX? The "pay per
>>> viewing" DVD-like gizmo? When you bought a disk, you got
>>> some number of "free" viewings. But only on *your* machine.
>>> Try playing it on a friend's and you had to use a credit
>>> card to pay for it and "authorize" it. 

->> That's interesting -- I hadn't heard of that specific one
->> before. Here's another example along those lines. 

TW> That one frotunatly died it's deserved Death. But the
TW> Pheonix Rises again. This time it is in the From of "Self
TW> Destructing" DVD's. They come in a sealed container. When
TW> the Container is opened the Air starts the decaying
TW> chemical action. you have some many days to view the DVD
TW> before it is no longer playable. All this is about the Cost
TW> of Re-Stocking Rental DVD's in Stores. By eliminating that
TW> cost the The Price of the Rental goes down(Not really
TW> Likely) or the Profit Goes UP!!! 

If those who produce music and movies get too greedy people
will just stop using their products. No one will die from not
seeing the next "James Bond" movie. We may turn to animation
for our movie viewing and that is getting to be so very good it
may just push 'live' movies out of the theaters. 

Commercial music on the scale of full orchestras and huge
choirs are not easy to produce at a hobbyist level but there
are people slightly above 'hobbyist' that can come close. 

We will always have music to listen to and entertainment in the
form of motion-pictures and those who think they are in control
of this will wither and go away. 

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