>and impossible to find new betamax recorders) Sony made the last one about 2 years ago but you can find on eBay. I still have 2 working betamax.
Don Guillett SalesAid Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Maki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 2:31 PM Subject: Music Downloads and DRM in genera > To date, I have stayed away from music downloads, for multiple reasons. I > have a large collection of CDs and buy few new releases. If I am looking for > a particular song or album, it is usually an older release, often not > available for download. My biggest concern is digital rights management. I > have read the information at the Buy.com site but had some additional > questions I was hoping someone on this list might be able to answer from > personal experience. > > For various reasons, I end up doing many fresh installs of windows (software > upgrades, hardware upgrades, problems, etc.) and am concerned by the > reference to the "primary license." My understanding is that when you > download a song, you MUST use Windows Media Player to "get a license" which > then restricts future use. If I have a problem or decide to re-install > windows, do I then lose that primary license? > > As technology changes, how will digital rights management handle this issue? > As vinyl gave way to optical CDs, as reel-to-reel gave way to cassettes and > 8-tracks, as betamax was supplanted by VHS and now digital PVRs, what > happens to my purchase as MP3, WMA and i-tunes give way to the next > generation of better quality compression routines and new hardware? > > As an example, I have a large selection of pre-recorded VHS tapes that I > have acquired over the years. VHS tapes are a fragile medium. I have already > "purchased" the rights to the movie, but the medium limits the time I can > utilize these rights. As the tape medium deteriorates, the value of the > investment dwindles to $0. I am then required to re-purchase the rights to > view these same movies on DVD. Now, DVDs are going to be supplanted by the > new blu-ray technology. So my DVD collection will become worthless. How many > times will I have to purchase the same movie to continue to exercise my > "rights?" > In addition, as the hardware become obsolete(i.e., it is difficult to find > VHS recorders anymore and impossible to find new betamax recorders) I will > eventually loose the hardware to utilize the recorded media. > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
