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Rich Gauszka wrote:
> The problem is the industry is placing restrictions on content that I
> paid for. The prattle about piracy is just a Trojan horse to restrict a
> users rights to digital media and I suspect in a decade we'll see
> retention and layback limits will be the norm. The industry has tried it
> before with limited playback DVDs that no one wanted and which were a
> colossal flop. Now they are attempting that scheme again - ( hopefully
> with similar results  )

Nah I'm hoping for the politicians to get involved. I suspect that they
will. It's all about votes & money, the IP cartel has the money but the
consumers have the votes & the more silly restrictions placed unfairly
on the consumer the better for an eventual swing back of the pendulum.

However.....till then...I'm not buying some crippled crap when DVD is good
enough for me so as a consumer I get 2 votes, (a) at the ballot box
& (b) at the till.

Adam

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