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Posted by Gaz on 12/28/05 21:26
nick wrote:
> "Vhit" <invalid@vhit.co.uk.INVALID> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1e1bb14b935f2ead98aa2c@no-cancel.newsreader.com...
>> <uk.media.dvd , Schrodinger , no@way.com>
>> <C2hsf.201690$xV6.161554@fe02.news.easynews.com>
>> <Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:59:30 GMT>
>>
>>> We have bought quite a few DVDs over Christmas, after not buying any for
>>> a
>>> few months.
>>>
>>> On every one there is a couple of minute long video about "Why steal
>>> intellectual property if you wouldn't steal anything else".
>>>
>>> This, of course, can't be skipped.
>>>
>>
>> So in effect - pirate dvds are better because they dont have that stupid
>> cant be skipped feature ? .
>>
>> BTW: in all the talk of software/dvd piracy - have anybody ever heard
>> the companys say they would bring prices down if piracy was stopped .
>>
>>
>> --
>
> No. When dvd's first came around (when they were uncopyable), they were
> 25-30
> quid each!.
And when CDs came out, and for a long long long time after, a huge premium
was put on the price of CDs. The record companies seemed to have a different
view on buying the right to listen to the music, not the medium, otherwise
all that rereleased material would have been sold at cost, on receipt of the
original vinyl.
They want it both ways.
Gaz
>
>> www.vhit.co.uk
>> www.vhit.co.uk/?poll=1000017
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