02-10-2009, 12:01 PM
I like this idea, but I'm really tired of "rights management" and paying for the same thing 5 times.
1. Movies: You buy a Beta Movie, then comes VHS, then comes DVD, then comes HD DVD, then comes Blue Ray. So if you bought Star Wars in 1978ish and thought you'd have this classic to watch "forever", boy were you wrong. You didn't realize that you were spending 1/5th of what you'd eventually need to spend.
2. Music: 8 tracks, records, tapes, CDs, MP3, WMA, protected MP3 -- again 5 times we have to re-buy the same thing. Bruce Springsteen (who I'm a fan of) takes this further and realeases the Seager sessions CD but then re-releases it later with one additional song (the best one) so we have to re-buy the whole thing). In other words, a lot of these artists are getting paid 5 times for the same songs.
3. Books: I'll be damed if I go down this rat hole with books. I have a copy of "The Swiss Family Robinson" that I bought 10 years ago and I didn't need to re-buy it each time I bought a new shelf or moved from one house to another.
All that said, man this thing looks neat. I really love how thin it is and the wireless "anywhere" part.
1. Movies: You buy a Beta Movie, then comes VHS, then comes DVD, then comes HD DVD, then comes Blue Ray. So if you bought Star Wars in 1978ish and thought you'd have this classic to watch "forever", boy were you wrong. You didn't realize that you were spending 1/5th of what you'd eventually need to spend.
2. Music: 8 tracks, records, tapes, CDs, MP3, WMA, protected MP3 -- again 5 times we have to re-buy the same thing. Bruce Springsteen (who I'm a fan of) takes this further and realeases the Seager sessions CD but then re-releases it later with one additional song (the best one) so we have to re-buy the whole thing). In other words, a lot of these artists are getting paid 5 times for the same songs.
3. Books: I'll be damed if I go down this rat hole with books. I have a copy of "The Swiss Family Robinson" that I bought 10 years ago and I didn't need to re-buy it each time I bought a new shelf or moved from one house to another.
All that said, man this thing looks neat. I really love how thin it is and the wireless "anywhere" part.
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