2008/7/18 Oeztunali, Sebnem (CT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "...It will also let users buy a TV show or movie without actually > downloading the video file to the PC's hard drive..."
This statement is either misguided or lying. :-) > I believe this is the single viable option, and is true to the > antything-anytime-anywhere-goes potential of the Internet What about the the antything-anytime-anywhere-goes potential of portable computers not connected to the Internet 100% of the time? > and let's you forget about vendor lock-in due to DRM. This used to be true but sadly isn't any more - Adobe Flash based video streaming includes actual DRM. Also, streaming is often (mistakenly) perceived as a form of DRM. > (P2P-)Downloading is yesterday's beer. > ... > I am specualting that Amazon's streaming makes use of P2P technology ;-) Cheers, Dave Personal opinion only. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
