[nylug-talk] [wwwac] The DRM That Almost Stole Christmas (fwd)

[H. G.]

On 12/28/06, Micros50 <micros50 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 12:11, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 December 2006 18:39, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
> > >   Studios decide to
> > >   just break formats in order to provide some bogus "protection" that
> > >   does nothing but lock out law-abiding consumers?
> >
> > Its happened to me... I tend to buy Apex DVD players because they are
> easily
> > firmware ugpradeable, and often hacked, sometimes for things such as
> this.
> >
> > That said, I say return it.  I'm one of those letter writing nutjobs,
> and I
> > probably write one or two a week.  I may have one of my letters if you
> want
> > something to start with somewhere on a backup - I will look for it if
> you'd
> > like.
> >
> > Return it to the store it came from, and make sure they know why.  Its
> even
> > better if you can get them to try and play the DVD on the player your
> mom
> > just got for Christmas, then its more obvious.  If they won't take it,
> I'd
> > fedex it over to Fox's headquarter's, demanding your money back for the
> > movie, and the costs of shipping.  I'd also consider filing in small
> claims
> > court ;)
> >
> > -Joseph M. Gaffney
>
> My question is this. If the DVD won't play on a legal modern day DVD
> player then what the heck does FOX expect you to play it on ? Sounds to
> me like they are selling an overpriced plastic disk.
>
> ize
>
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Perhaps it was meant as a Christmas tree ornament?