[opendtv] Re: MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording some movies

Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Companies that make it
difficult to consume their products may suffer at the hands of the marketplace, as Sony Music did when they tried to put copy protection on new audio CD releases. 

Yes. Some other notable examples:

Disney's DVD that 'expires' after two days

Circuit City's DIVX 'pay per view' DVD

Pre-Recorded VHS tapes with a magnet in the cassette body
to erase the program as the consumer plays it the first time

It astounds me that these things even made it through R&D.

Then there's this:

Verizon Fios, unlike other utilities that disembark outside
the customer's home, not only requires it's equipment to be
installed inside, but also be powered from the customer's
electric utility.



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