From: Tony Williams 

Geo wrote:
> "Tony Williams"  wrote in message
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>>Hm. So basically you're looking at using a variation of the broadcast
>>TV/radio model for movies. No standalone adverts, but product placement
>>embedded everywhere in the film. Scuse me for being pessimistic, but
>>that sounds awful.
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>
> this is the internet, if it's aweful then it won't survive and something
> else will fill the gap.

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.

> There are lots of possibilities, for example Sony
> makes far more money selling hardware than their entertainment division
> could ever hope to make, perhaps they will give away entertainment to
> motivate people buying all the different sony devices upon which it can be
> played?

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

> All I know is the fileshare genie isn't going back in the bottle unless the
> price to purchase DVD's and such get cheaper than the effort to download.
> All the copy protection efforts of the early 80's failed and the same thing
> will happen again now.

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

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Tony

> Geo.
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