Yes, likely in 2010
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Ian Deeley <[email protected]> wrote: > Aside from the fact Windows 7 supports H.264 and AAC > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 13 Jan 2009, at 22:31, "Sean DALY" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Digital Restrictions Management is a dead end. Consumers don't want >> it. Hollywood's head-in-sandism on this is beyond pitiful. >> >> DECE is chaired by the very exec who imposed the Sony BMG hidden >> Windows rootkit on the Amerie record on my shelf, and which >> fortunately for me was not "interoperable" with my Mac or GNU/Linux >> computers. >> >> For ten years Microsoft has positioned itself as a partner to content >> providers, only too happy to propose its services while shutting out >> competitors, the consumer be damned. They can't even bring themselves >> to support MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and AAC (while Apple laughs all the way to >> the bank). A decade later, they are still hoping for a central role in >> a DRM "ecosystem" which excludes free software. >> >> What the studios don't realize (with the exception of Disney, which >> has a clue) is that consumers have no patience for difficult to use / >> expensive / incompatible "rights" systems. They already lost patience >> overpaying for disks with a pointless zoning system and seven >> guaranteed minutes of copyright information in Greek and Swedish (no >> offense to my southern annd northern friends). >> >> I say, let them hoist themselves on their own petards (the studios, >> not the Hellenes & Swedes). The longer they put off developing new >> business models, the greater the risks they take. >> >> Sean >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Is DRM on it's last legs? Not according to this news story: >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7825428.stm >>> >>> When we people learn that trying to stop people copying or playing >>> Audio/Video after a certain date is not possible due to Replay >>> Attack[1]? >>> >>> I'm not sure whether they intend to deploy this both for video and >>> music. However with DRM Free Music already legally available will >>> people really stand for not being able to do things they could before? >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replay_attack >>> >>> -- >>> Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open >>> windows. >>> -- Adam Heath >>> - >>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >>> please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >>> Unofficial list archive: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please >> visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
