You got it Steven! These EZ-D discs are targeted at the people that at
one time used to go to the brick and mortar rental shacks to scarf up
movies. Now the industry is trying to make it more "convenient" for Joe
Consumer who hates having to rewind and/or pay for late fees and
scratched disks. I would imagine the price is going to be comparable to
a rental too - somewhere in the neighborhood of $5 maybe? Who knows for
sure...
Then there is this whole issue of recycling! Eww! As if that makes a
difference. Really this is going to have to major negative effects.
1.) The Hollywood types will suffer even more when the ripper kids get a
hold of these cheap disks.
and..
2.) There will be so much un-recycled garbage EZ-D disks it'll make all
the AOL junk mail disks look like a joke.
You know something else... I try to run the scenario over and over again
in my head on how the movie and music business will ever be able to be
the way it once was since the advent of rippers, encoders, p2p sharing
programs, etal. I just can't see it... These guys are basically screwed
as far as I can tell. Even if they were to find some kick ass encryption
algorithm or disks that explode after their first use or WHATEVER -
there are still good ol' fashioned RCA cables and line-in jacks for the
ripping if it ever came to that. I feel almost as sorry for the
entertainment moguls as I do some of the unemployed techs out
there....../almost/.
-jtiner
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net] On Behalf Of
> Steven Buehler
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:42 AM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] Entertainment / software piracy may have just
> gottenlots cheaper...
>
> > I read the article, and to me, this just help companies like
> > netflix that distribute media via the mail as a blockbuster
> > brick and mortar
> > replacement. I don't see how it hurts the entertainment
> > industry or helps piracy. Please clue me in as to my
> > short-sightedness. -eric
>
> I'll clue ya in. :-)
>
> EZ-D is likely to be produced and marketed at a lower price point
> (read:
> It's cheaper!) than conventional DVDs. Any user with a DVD
> reader/burner
> and the appropriate software can easily copy the EZ-D to a
> conventional DVD
> long before the 48 hours expires.
>
> DVD piracy just got a lot cheaper, not that I personally endorse the
> practice (the closest I get is that I may extract the soundtrack from
> a DVD
> I already own to listen to in the car or something (my own personal
> use),
> which is a generally accepted practice in the industry).
>
> SWB
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