Posted by Fred C. Dobbs on 03/24/06 15:00

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:38:55 -0500, Allan
<Spamsucks@finallykantica22admitstobebrianlamb.org> wrote:

>"Redmond (WA) - Contrary to statements made by reputable officials,
>reported in TG Daily and elsewhere, stating that Blu-ray and HD DVD
>high-definition video disc players would require dedicated and
>exclusive wired Internet connections in order to implement a key
>provision of AACS copy protection, a spokesperson for the AACS
>Licensing Administrator, who is also one of Microsoft's key
>representatives to AACS, told TG Daily yesterday afternoon that the
>copy protection system can utilize a customer's existing network
>equipment, including Ethernet routers and WiFi transmitters."
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>http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/03/22/hi...ired_internet/
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>"This is air tight."
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>"Done Deal"
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>h well, maybe not Alpha.
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>"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
>because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
>-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
>- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_


The header on this post is misleading, Was going to say read the last
senence , then I realized the whoe thing was just one sentence.
Any way read the last 20 or so words. They still may require the unit
to contact some sort of database.

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