Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/03/05 06:39

Impmon wrote:

>>>http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories.aspx?Microsoft%20invents%20a%20%E2%80%98one-play%20only%E2%80%99%20DVD%20to%20combat%20Hollywood%20piracy&StoryID=B7480068-F1F6-4C7B-A7A5-EEFCED0320CB&SectionID=F3B76EF0-7991-4389-B72E-D07EB5AA1CEE
>
> That reminds me whatever happened to that program where you buy DVD
> cheap but you got limited time before exposure to air makes the disc
> unreadable? AFAIK the test market never went past being a test market
> phase.

Disney tested it, watched it sink, sold it back to parent company
Flexplay, Flex tried their "New source for independent movies" ploy, and
watched "Noel" sink.

The question is, why do they STILL try?--The lost DiVX El Dorado, that
has gripped the fevered imagination of many a studio?

Derek Janssen ("I have seen it, on the map!...A fortune in pay-per-view
rentals, just WAITING to be found!)
djanss@charter.net

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