[ale] OT: bad news for digital video from Disney

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Alan Stewart wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>> Walt Disney Co. has agreed to license copy-protection technology from 
>> Microsoft Corp. for distributing movies over the Internet, the 
>> companies said Sunday.
>>
>> http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/09/technology/microsoft_disney.reut/
>>
> According to the paper, it's not an exclusive deal - Disney is free to 
> make similar agreements with others.

Not sure why they would.  They're just leaving themselves an out in the 
event the technology is anything like the rest of the junk M$ puts out.


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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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