| Seem Plausable "AT&T's deep pockets might help, but what precisely is AT&T's risk/reward ratio with such expenditures?"
If AT&T or Vista's DRM can produce a means to distribute content while preventing piracy it would be attractive to the provider who doesn't want it pirated. In turn, the end user who desires the content goes to where the content is available.
"Movies, music, and literature! Available now through AT&T and Vista!"
Seems a plausable reward it does, whether it's Vista, AT&T or anyone capable of national distribution. |
| "In turn, the end user who desires the content goes to where the content is available."
Umm, it's AVAILABLE in a BETTER format for free. That's what piracy is by definition.
Vista has not stopped HD video from being pirated, it's physically impossible to do so. The computer DOES WHAT IT'S TOLD, not what the copyright owners tell it to do. I can watch a HD DVD on my monitor at full resolution by sending the data to the monitor. The file I am playing has been cracked, the computer doesn't have any reason NOT to do what I ask of it.
Unless the bush regime manages to get a clipper chip in the computer, the computer works for the OWNER OF THE COMPUTER, not the owner of the copyright.
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