Posted by GMAN on 02/25/64 11:31

In article <gohvm19k2lj0pibpjosqspqq0kmckpaa2k@4ax.com>, dfs wrote:
>On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:23:12 GMT, glenzabr@xmission.com (GMAN) wrote:
>
>>In article <1131328100.401591.184890@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, "Jeff"
> <jv009wc02@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>>When I first heard about this preposterous idea
>>>coming out of the bowels of Sony, I vowed right
>>>then and there to extend my boycott beyond
>>>theirs and BMG's music to all the company's
>>>products.
>>>
>>>The recent news about the rootkit DRM found
>>>on certain copy protected Sony CDs only affirms
>>>this.
>>>
>>not everyone has broadband, so how the hell can they expect everyone to hook
>>players to the net?
>
>People who can't afford broadband don't count in their books.
>-Rich
>

Its not that i cannot afford it, I cant get it where i live.



>If Blu-Ray and HD-DVD require players to be hooked-up to
>the internet to obtain "permission" for playback (like the
>DIVX horror of the late 1990s) people shouldn't buy or rent
>the players OR any of the disks. That incarnation of a high
>definition format MUST die.

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