From: "Geo" 

"Tony Williams"  wrote in message
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> True enough, but I'd prefer to go straight to "something else" rather
> than put up with a sidetracking turf battle between media corporations
> and file-sharing.

Did you know filesharing networks have doubled in size over the past year?

> Intriguing idea. A bit like giving away razor blades so people will buy
> the razors which they fit 

Yeah, I mean the US is on the brink of a huge High Def revolution, what
better time to grab the hardware market? Buy a new sony HD tv and it plays
your avi collection... And they could still sell the content on blu-ray,
heck buy a blu-ray burner and download and burn.. All they need do is give
you a license to view sony content free with the purchase of a sony
device.. That would be enough to motivate me to buy some new hardware and
it would promote sony content at the same time.

> Right. I hope the media industry has learned from history.

What they appear to have learned is that this is a great time to get custom
laws written to their specifications.. 

Geo.

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