How very appropriate, since the internet will be the death of me! Chris http://www.myspace.com/necropol http://penelopespantyhose.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Saw this today.....On one hand I can understand, but on the > other...what happens when someone "rips" the stream and then does > something with it? It just seems....I don't know... > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23898318/ > > LONDON - Pay-per-view funerals go live online in Britain on Tuesday, > allowing mourners who cannot attend services in person to pay their > last respects via the Internet. > > Despite criticism of the scheme as macabre, the company who launched > the service, Wesley Music, is planning to offer it to crematoria > across the country who will charge a one-off payment of around $150 > for access to a funeral Webcast. > > Mourners use the password to access a live online broadcast of the > funeral service captured by a small camera mounted in the chapel. > > "Families are dispersed across the world these days and sometimes > it's the case that someone cannot get home in time for a funeral," > said Alan Jeffrey, director of Wesley Music. > > "For those who need it, this is a very important service. It means > that rather than being excluded, they can at least witness and be a > part of a funeral as it happens. In a time of stress this is > something that can ease the pain." > > David Powell, of funeral directors Henry Powell and Son in > Southampton, southern England said he had already tested the service > during three funerals. He insisted they remained private, intimate > affairs despite being broadcast on the Web. > > "It's a personal thing. It doesn't go out for all and sundry to gawk > at," he told Reuters. "There is a password for the family to send to > people who want to watch online." > > He said mourners as far away as Australia and Canada had already used > the system. "The families have been absolutely delighted to be able > to share in the proceedings when it wasn't possible for them to get > over here and attend." >
