01-07-2005, 07:04 PM | #11 |
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The foot? it ssounds more like taking the pin out of a handgrenade and sticking it... erhmmm were the sun don't shines...
I predict that in 2-3 years there will be a law that requires all citizens to spend at least 2 hours a day in special advertisement booths were commercials will be forced down their throat. Those who disobey will be hunted down. |
01-07-2005, 07:39 PM | #12 | |
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01-07-2005, 08:09 PM | #13 |
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Blocking fast forward is nothing new. It's been around down here for about as long as there have been DVDs, but I've only seen it on the copyright notice.
It is bypassable, though. You just need a player that ignores the instruction to block fast forward. Which is basically anything that goes on your computer rather than through your TV. Since the computer is becoming more common as a home entertainment thing (at the rate things are going, this might even be common place in the next few years), how well this works depends on one thing and one thing only. If open source wins the war that's already starting, this won't work. People will be allowed to simply recompile the decoders, having removed the fast-forward prevention code. If proprietry companies, such as Microsoft or Apple, are allowed to keep their monopolies, the movie companies will have some control over them and force the decoders to prevent fast forwarding; and noone will be able to change that. If everything is open, everything is free. And that is how it should be. |
01-07-2005, 08:38 PM | #14 |
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Great. Where are the uniforms and molotov cocktails? Come Comrade LennonCook, the revolution awaits!
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01-07-2005, 09:22 PM | #15 |
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I'm so glad I live in China. Keeping in mind the quality of DVDs here is poor, and they are also pirated copies (I don't think it is even *possible* to buy a non-pirate copy here), no enterprising pirate is going to force anyone to sit through advertisements. Let's face it, most of the time they cut out the "special features" and end credits to boot.
Is it wrong? Sure, on some level. But it's just was wrong to force a guy to sit through previews *in his own home*. Anyway, if I find a movie that's worthwhile, I'll break down and buy a real copy (through friends in the states or japan if i have to) but considering the last great movie I was was 'Pirates of the Carribean', I'm not going to hold my breath or waste money on a DVD that forces me to sit through ads.
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01-07-2005, 09:36 PM | #16 |
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Well, if that's true, and I think the same thing happened with PotC on the weekend, then please people let's stop buying and renting all together. I'll just go back to Video tape. I hate being f**ked with like that. I payed to watch a movie and that's it. I'm strongly against pirating and that's why I rent. That would change my mind if I knew I had to sit through commercials.
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01-07-2005, 09:51 PM | #17 |
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ridiculus, this is just plain stupid, yeah, this happens, then back to good ol vhs for me XD
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01-07-2005, 09:58 PM | #18 |
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I've seen this idea before on CNN. I wonder what movie directors say about it? If they push this law for "non-self-serving professional reasons" then I know what to look for when to decide if a movie is one i don't buy.
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01-07-2005, 10:35 PM | #20 | |
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