so, you know about hell, too? They may not demand, but they can determine the conditions for their content to be stored, once it's in DRM form. A harddrive lacking a certain key could be easily prevented from storing content. Many companies have been working on this technology since the middle of the previous decade. Much hype, too. It's turned out to be a MS DRM world. And, Tom, you must have missed several recent announcements from MS and Hollywierd. Work continues, and "Longhorn" will be called "Vista." What do you think their talking about viewing? John Willkie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 4:50 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Hollywood may demand DRM for larger harddrives > > > Jeroen Stessen wrote: > >>Hollywood may demand DRM for larger harddrives - analyst > > People in Hell want ice water. Hollywood is in no position to "demand" > this. > > - Tom > > > > Hello, > > > > See: http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050720_191403.html > > > > > >>Hollywood may demand DRM for larger harddrives - analyst > >>By Scott Fulton > >>July 20, 2005 - 19:14 EST > >>(...) > >>The moment you become capable of reading and writing movies and > >>transporting that content across borders, Cai said, "Hollywood can > >>get really concerned. What if you can carry like 20 movies with you > >>all the time, and they can't control the content any more?" It's the > >>possible crossing of geographic boundaries that's the problem, Cai > >>said - a problem that wouldn't crop up if the media device were made > >>to sit on your desktop at home, no matter how small it becomes. > >>(...) > > > > > > Greetings, > > -- Jeroen > > > > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ > > | From: Jeroen H. Stessen | E-mail: Jeroen.Stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx | > > | Building: SFJ-5.22 Eindhoven | Deptmt.: Philips Applied Technologies | > > | Phone: ++31.40.2732739 | Visiting & mail address: Glaslaan 2 | > > | Mobile: ++31.6.44680021 | NL 5616 LW Eindhoven, the Netherlands | > > | Pager: ++31.6.65133818 | Website: http://www.apptech.philips.com/ > > | > > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.