There is no need for a war. Why can't they both just get along, with each format occupying 50% of the market? Or maybe HD-DVD occupying 47.7% of the market and Blu 52.2&, based on the number of titles available.
competition is good but would you want the leading lobbyist for the MPAA (sony) having control over the hardware and software with their continued track record of anti consumer DRM lockin's, payola scandals and global price fixing?
THE MPAA ARE: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.
THE RIAA SOUNDEXCHANGE ARE: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
Sony isn't a 'lobbyist' for the MPAA, they are the (one of the 6) employers of the MPAA. Why can't people get that stuff right? I quote wikipedia: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), originally called the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America, is a cartel based in the United States which was formed to advance the interests of movie studios. Its members consist of the "big six" major Hollywood studios: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures Paramount Pictures (Viacom—which bought DreamWorks in February 2006) 20th Century Fox (News Corporation) Universal Studios (NBC Universal) Warner Bros. (Time Warner)
sony is the leading lobbyist for more DRM and is pushing for even more draconian laws to, apparently stop pirating!
i think it has more to do with 1 person 1 licence and the average house can then generate 4x the revenue it currently does.
this can be seen with the psn release of warhawk which is locked to 1 account so all family members have to purchase their own copy to play on their account and then is the second goal, destroy the second hand market because warhawk is none transferable so who actually owns it?
via link FTA: "It's my personal belief that Sony BMG is half the size now as it was in 2000," she said, thanks to piracy. In Pariser's view, "when people steal, when they take music without compensation, we are harmed."
Pariser has a very broad definition of "stealing." When questioned by Richard Gabriel, lead counsel for the record labels, Pariser suggested that what millions of music fans do is actually theft. The dirty deed? Ripping your own CDs or downloading songs you already own.
Gabriel asked if it was wrong for consumers to make copies of music which they have purchased, even just one copy. Pariser replied, "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Making "a copy" of a purchased song is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'," she said.
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Someone please make this "battle" stop! It's going on with no end in sight.
Well, someday the sun will explode.
There is no need for a war. Why can't they both just get along, with each format occupying 50% of the market? Or maybe HD-DVD occupying 47.7% of the market and Blu 52.2&, based on the number of titles available.
Because supporting multiple formats costs more to produce and thus, more for the customer.
One of that darn formats should just die already. I don't care which, but I want a STANDARD - and pronto!
competition is good but would you want the leading lobbyist for the MPAA (sony) having control over the hardware and software with their continued track record of anti consumer DRM lockin's, payola scandals and global price fixing?
THE MPAA ARE: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.
THE RIAA SOUNDEXCHANGE ARE: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
Hopefully WB switching over will make it stop.
Both standards should die and be replaced by something sensible.
Sony isn't a 'lobbyist' for the MPAA, they are the (one of the 6) employers of the MPAA.
Why can't people get that stuff right?
I quote wikipedia:
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), originally called the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America, is a cartel based in the United States which was formed to advance the interests of movie studios. Its members consist of the "big six" major Hollywood studios:
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (The Walt Disney Company)
Sony Pictures
Paramount Pictures (Viacom—which bought DreamWorks in February 2006)
20th Century Fox (News Corporation)
Universal Studios (NBC Universal)
Warner Bros. (Time Warner)
sony is the leading lobbyist for more DRM and is pushing for even more draconian laws to, apparently stop pirating!
i think it has more to do with 1 person 1 licence and the average house can then generate 4x the revenue it currently does.
this can be seen with the psn release of warhawk which is locked to 1 account so all family members have to purchase their own copy to play on their account and then is the second goal, destroy the second hand market because warhawk is none transferable so who actually owns it?
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071002-sony-bmgs-chief-anti-piracy-lawyer-copying-music-you-own-is-stealing.html
via link FTA: "It's my personal belief that Sony BMG is half the size now as it was in 2000," she said, thanks to piracy. In Pariser's view, "when people steal, when they take music without compensation, we are harmed."
Pariser has a very broad definition of "stealing." When questioned by Richard Gabriel, lead counsel for the record labels, Pariser suggested that what millions of music fans do is actually theft. The dirty deed? Ripping your own CDs or downloading songs you already own.
Gabriel asked if it was wrong for consumers to make copies of music which they have purchased, even just one copy. Pariser replied, "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Making "a copy" of a purchased song is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'," she said.
is engadget HD-DVD fanboys? if you look through their other posts their all about HD-DVD winning the war some how.