Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Deutsche Constantin Film to back Blu-ray Discs
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Following the Hollywood-based Warner Bros. studio's decision to discontinue
>| HD DVDs, German film production and rental company Constantin Film AG has
>| also decided to offer high-definition movies on Blu-ray Disc only in the
>| future. The company announced March 1, 2008 as its cut-off date.
> `----
>
> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/101667/from/rss09
>
> Some poor people wasted money on a HDDVD player and videos that will
> probably 'expire'.
>
Unfortunately, this is a much a function of the media companies as it is
one of Microsoft. They will happily sell the same back catalogue as
many times as they can to the same person in every format going. This
is why DRM looked so attractive to them; they would be able to switch
off their customers' catalogue every time they needed a cash infusion.
Such a model is, of course, bound to fail, as it will inevitably be
abused, but if the abusers are the media companies, why would they worry
about that?
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