BTW, NFL football has never looked better! ABC does an excellent job on Monday nights (and throw in 5.1 sound to boot!) and at least two or three of the games broadcast by CBS over the weekend are in HDTV. Regards, Ron Kevil, L H. wrote: As for better arguments and examples, how about the current problems with DVD-Audio and the music industry's attempts to coerce the hardware manufacturers into building outrageous copy-protection schemes into the hardware itself? Or what about the extra cost of blank CD-RW disks vs CR-R's?-----Original Message----- From: Leo Noordhuizen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 8:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Please go Here ( very O.T. rant) What is said below about DAT recorders in Europe is complete nonsense. I am from The Netherlands, and have been working a long time for Philips who was (I think) the inventor of the DAT recorder. The DAT recorder has never been a success. Also in Europe I think it is virtually impossible to buy a recorder nowadays. Also the tapes are probably not available any more. (And this situation already exists for quite some years) So while agree-ing that we should be very aware of what our governments do for whatever clear or unclear reason, we should use correct arguments and examples. Regards, Leo Noordhuizen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Another Happy Linux User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 6:25 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Please go Here ( very O.T. rant)<rant> One other "small" thing.... How many of you own a Digital Audio Recorder (DAT)? (most will say "not me") You know why? Because the "music industry" has convinced the courts, that we would all be criminals, if we owned one! No crime has been commited, - yet we are all being punished! *Why!* Because we "might" copy music????? The "music industry" has "legally?", blocked the manufacturers from making these devices available. DAT has been a distribution media standard in Europe, for some time now, - most people there have at least one (DAT recorder/player), in their home, - and we (in U.S. and Canada), can't even buy them. (except only, if one owns and/or operates a commercial recording studio). What's wrong with this picture? Oops..... I forgot, - we are criminals, - just looking for a crime to commit against the recordng industry...... </rant> Cheers, Jorgen [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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