Tom Barry wrote: > > Craig Birkmaier wrote: > > People are willing to PAY for the best, and there > > will be many ways to hook them up with the best > > content. People are less willing to pay for "Free > > TV" but more forgiving about the quality of what > > they get for "Free." > > Gee. That sounds like we should use the spectrum > to send free SDTV over ATSC/MPEG2 at low bit rates > and use some of the rest for a premium proprietary > enhancement layer in HDTV/MPEG4/AVC that also > filled in some of the commercial spots with naughty > bits. > > Actually, this is where I first thought maybe USDTV > was heading. I think that both of you have missed the point of that article, then. The main thrust of his thesis was that piracy had to be *welcomed*. In your thinking above, instead, piracy would continue to be dreaded. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.