From: "Rich" 

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   You are confusing Windows Media DRM with AACS.  They are unrelated.  =
Again, WMDRM has been around for years and supports a broard range of =
content that has nothing to do with DVDs.  In other words, it supports =
different things for different media with different distribution =
mechanisms.

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message =
news:45b42baf$3{at}w3.nls.net...
  I think HDDVD and Blueray are irrelevant as Windows DRM goes far =
beyond=20
  those formats.

  Geo.

  "Rich"  wrote in message news:45b405f9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     So you think that HD DVD or bluray would have been released without =
any=20
  standard for content protection?  In what fantasy world do you live?

  Rich

    "Geo."  wrote in message =
news:45b3c353$1{at}w3.nls.net...
    The specifications from the standards committee is what makes the =
mandate
    possible, and in itself mandates the limits of those capabilities.

    Geo.

    "Rich"  wrote in message news:45b38858{at}w3.nls.net...
       You are confused.  Microsoft may have participated in the =
standards
    committees on the specifications.  As an implementor and =
consequently an
    interested party, membership seems like a good idea.  The =
specifications
    don't mandate that content must be protected.  It's the content =
providers
    that make this mandate.

    Rich


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   You are
confusing Windows =
Media DRM=20
with AACS.  They are unrelated.  Again, WMDRM has been
around = for=20
years and supports a broard range of content that has nothing to do with =

DVDs.  In other words, it supports different things for different = media=20
with different distribution mechanisms.
 
Rich
 

  "Geo." <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:45b42baf$3{at}w3.nls.net...I=20
  think HDDVD and Blueray are irrelevant as Windows DRM goes far beyond=20
  those
formats.Geo."Rich"
<{at}> wrote in =
message news:45b405f9$1{at}w3.nls.net...=
  =20
  So you think that HD DVD or bluray would have been released without =
any=20
  standard for content protection?  In what fantasy world do =
you=20
  live?Rich 
"Geo." <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote in =
message news:45b3c353$1{at}w3.nls.net...=
 =20
  The specifications from the standards committee is what makes the=20
  mandate  possible, and in itself mandates the limits of those =

  capabilities. 
Geo.  "Rich" <{at}> wrote
=
in=20
  message news:45b38858{at}w3.nls.net...&nbs=
p;   =20
  You are confused.  Microsoft may have participated in the=20
  standards  committees on the specifications.  As an =
implementor=20
  and consequently an  interested party, membership seems like =
a good=20
  idea.  The specifications  don't mandate that content =
must be=20
  protected.  It's the content providers  that
make this=20
  mandate. 
Rich

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