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Skriven 2006-02-24 17:19:58 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
Ärende: The HD Boycott Begins Now
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>

http://writersblocklive.com/part-156

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This is important. I really want you to understand what’s going on with the
video industry’s push towards HD. They are engineering a complete removal of
the concept of fair use. They are setting up systems that will completely
control how, when and where you can use content that you buy. Even worse, they
can retroactively change the rules!

Today the AACS (aggressive automatic consumer screwing) organization announced
availability of the interim version of their system for protecting content
providers from their criminal customers. Their noble intentions are pretty well
summed up in this choice excerpt:

   The AACS specification accelerates the ability of consumers to
   enjoy exciting, new, flexible entertainment experiences and
   storage options, while continuing to provide the traditional,
   straightforward playback mode, for the next generation of
   prerecorded and recordable optical media such as Blu-Ray
   and HD DVD. Additionally, AACS is designed to create
   unprecedented flexibility, portability and security for
   entertainment content to be enjoyed on networked home, portable
   PC or CE devices.

I especially love their mention of a ‘traditional, straightforward playback
mode‘. I bet it pained them to have to include any way to play the content at
all. Rest assured they have top minds working on making sure nothing will be
straightforward in the future.

Further, if you download the AACS agreement itself, you find the frightening
concept of the ‘analog sunset’ (it’s on page 82). This is where device
manufactures agree to not make analog devices after certain preset dates.

Both HD-DVD and Blu-ray have embraced this draconian system, and the studios
are salivating at the prospect of you never actually being able to own content
again.

My reaction to this abomination is simple: no way in hell. I will not buy any
product that uses this crap, and I hope you’ll join me in that boycott. Let
these morons see the early adopters staying away in droves.

Please pass this on; post it on your blogs, ‘digg’ it; slashdot it; whatever it
takes to stop this insidious plan.

Here is the AACS announcement

P.S.
I got some complaints about not giving the ‘official’ full name of AACS. Well,
OK, if it’s that important to you: Advanced Access Content System. There; feel
better?
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 /m

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