From: "Geo." 

"Ad"  wrote in
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>> It's not now, why would they change that?
>
> It has been repeatedly.

DRM is much more capable of creating this situation.

> & can dictate h/w design to Sony hardware division.

How? They would be irrelevant to the point that they make no money but
depend on hardware sales for their survival.

> Not if the DVD kept "breaking" as Sony film kept changing
the encryption
> algorithm w/o updating the player.

I'm not talking physical media. I'm thinking all sony content would be DRM
free, available over fileshare networks and that most people are honest and
would want a legal way to access it.

Geo.

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