Re: [dvd-discuss] COMDEX speech

[Joshua Stratton <cpt(at)gryphon.auspice.net>]

Those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it.


On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 microlenz@earthlink.net wrote:

> My philosophy is rusty...what's the reference to Santayana...other than the 
> fact than Anita Loos was one of his favorite authors, and she read his works 
> I'm not as familiar with Santayana I as might be. I guess I read too much Kant, 
> Berkeley, Rand, Nietzche, Sartre.
> 
> 
> On 23 Nov 2002 at 10:19, D. C. Sessions wrote:
> 
> Subject:        	Re: [dvd-discuss] COMDEX speech
> From:           	"D. C. Sessions" <dvd@lumbercartel.com>
> To:             	DVD-Discuss <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
> Date sent:      	23 Nov 2002 10:19:54 -0700
> Send reply to:  	dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> 
> > On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 22:57, Joshua Stratton wrote:
> > 
> > > Honestly, I think that the various publisher's threats of leaving the 
> > > market are bluff. There's just too much money to be made still. Tell them to
> > > use legal remedies exclusively of self help, and then disincentivize self help
> > > further, and I bet they'll just keep on publishing.
> > 
> > Let's all remember DIVX -- the original Circuit City version.
> > The Content Cartel swore that they would never let any of their
> > precious treasure show up in DVD unless their DRM requirements
> > were met, and after negotiation DIVX was the least they would
> > settle for.
> > 
> > Circuit City wanted to sell DVD players, and without DVDs to
> > play that wasn't going to happen.  So Circuit City dropped some
> > *very* major change to kickstart the process (I worked with
> > some of the people who did the cryptography silicon.)
> > Unfortunately for Circuit City, the Content Cartel was more
> > attracted by the potential sales of non-DIVX systems and
> > contrary to their promises, there was actuall more content
> > available for non-DIVX players than for DIVX players.
> > 
> > Oops.
> > 
> > Again, let's not get on the wrong side of Professor Santayana.
> > 
> > -- 
> > | It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance  |
> > |  It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance  |
> > |   It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give     |
> > |    and the soul afraid of dyin' that never learns to live     |
> > +------------- D. C. Sessions <dcs@lumbercartel.com> -----------+
> > 
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