[opendtv] Re: Over-the-air TV gears for mobile, Web roles

At 11:25 PM -0700 10/30/08, John Willkie wrote:

Have we been drinking?

"service protection" isn't "copy protection"  And, if ATSC m/h supports the
latter, there won't be a second of delay, and AACS in Blu-Ray discs hasn't
affected Blu-Ray adoption.

And, it's not the licenses per se, it's how the payer implements security.



Obviously you have not been listening to the folks who make DVDs for a living.

This is from a recent post from the Tully DVD list:
I can tell you firsthand that the fees are killing BluRay for almost all of my clients. The producers that I work with, mainly small run sports programs, all shoot on HD and love the look of it. They want to get their movies out on HD, are even willing to sit on extra unsold copies of BluRay until the market demand is there, but when they realize that they're on the hook for that initial $3,000 then $1,500 they all decide to go with iTunes or some other HD download over the net. They make less per sale, the movies don't look as good, but at least they get out there in HD and don't get hit with thousands in upfront costs.
How players implement security is not a big issue. The cost to use AASC IS the big issue. The cost for keys, licenses etc., is many thousands of dollars per title. This is not a big deal for the conglomerates who are releasing movie titles, but is effectively preventing Blu-Ray from being used by independent producers and for non movie titles. 

Regards
Craig


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