> -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Silvio Macedo > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:18 AM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Hollywood may demand DRM for larger harddrives >=20 >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Without going into the details of the ongoing mail exchange,=20 > I would point out that nothing can be worse than XVid/DivX=20 > screeners. Yes - people do actually go into a theatre and=20 > tape the movie on a camera - and this sort of, kind of,=20 > "movies" get distributed and very much seen by "that" most=20 > profitable segment of man-25-to-35 year old. >=20 FWIW, what you describe is a camera copy, or "cam". Usually pretty ugly as you say. Although if you long for the total cinema experience with people around you talking, cell phones ringing etc, it might be just the thing.=20 Supposedly there have been experiments with IR emitters in theaters to confuse camcorders as a way of preventing this. You would think they would be more worried about the telecine copies originating from Russia or SE Asia. A "screener" is a pre-release copy distributed to reviewers (and Academy award judges) on tape or DVD. Sometimes watermarked or visibly branded, usually high quality. Pirate copies derived from DVD screeners are typically very good. There has been a fuss the last couple of years around Oscar time as many of these screeners have leaked to the internet. It used to be only the ship of state that leaked from the inside out. :-) [snip] > My conclusion, as I've said many times, and inline with=20 > others that wrote before in this mailing list, is that the=20 > solution is: cheaper content, far easier to get ( one click=20 > away max or pushed (user > profiling)) and a different value chain - in particular,=20 > geography can no longer be a factor in distribution - the=20 > pressure for distribution is simply too much - and more=20 > intrusive advertisements.=3D20 >=20 MORE intrusive ads??? gary Gary Hughes Director of Media Engineering Advanced Engineering Group Broadbus Technologies, Inc. ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx v: 978 264 7919 f: 978 264 9108 -------------------------------------------------------- This email message and any files transmitted with it contain = confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this = email message is addressed. If you have received this email message in = error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or email and = destroy the original message without making a copy. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.