From: Ad 

Geo. wrote:
> the point was to eliminate all the DRM, let people view the content on
> anything but make it only legal to view it on sony equipment with a
> charge for any other equipment. This gives added value to sony equipment
> and saves the costs and aggrivation of DRM.
>

Yeah but the point is that the tail (Sony Music & FIlm) is wagging the
dog (Sony hardware) so.....what you'll actually get is
"super-drm"'ed kit from Sony.

Adam

> Geo.
>
> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tq0fereem6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> Surely that's easy enough ... just release on Blu-Ray (or isn't that
>> Sony?) and then not license it to anyone.  (OK, bit late now on the
>> license issue but do an upgrade to the firmware.)
>>
>> But, even if that is true, the current DRM on Sony doesn't work on all
>> Sony products (without the firmware upgrade -- which isn't available
>> yet.)
>>
>> Or am I (as I have done on occasion) completely missing the point.
>>
>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:24:48 -0400, Geo.  wrote:
>>
>>> "Ad" 
wrote in message
>>> news:4625b5ab$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>>> Not if Sony content was the only content which would play
on sony kit.
>>>
>>> It's not now, why would they change that? All I'm suggesting is that
>>> they treat sony content as a mechanism to sell sony hardware instead
>>> of as a separate division designed to make money only from sale of
>>> content.
>>>
>>> Imagine how many sites would promote sony hardware if it allowed them
>>> to put sony content on their site for free download to anyone running
>>> sony equipment. A network dvd player would have a major advantage if
>>> there were massive archives on the internet that you could freely
>>> access with it, legally.
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>
>

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