On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:26:26 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ [H]omer on Sunday 12 August 2007 21:27 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that yakety yak spake thusly:
>>
>>> After August 15, 2007, you will no longer be able to view your
>>> purchased or rented videos.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> The Google Video Team
>>
>> IOW, in the opinion of the Media Industry and it's lackeys: "Purchased
>> == Rented" ... no "rights" are ever permanent, all are revocable;
>> irrespective of how much one pays, or what the original expectations of
>> payment were.
>>
>> I fully expect the MP/RI/AA to come crashing through my door any day
>> now, shotguns in hand, demanding that I "re-purchase" my entire CD and
>> DVD collection (or die), because I've "owned" them too long.
>>
>>> I, for one, would not care to be dependent on an OS designed around
>>> DRM.
>>
>> I.e. - one designed to the MP/RI/AA gangsters' specifications.
>
> Yes, the "renting" plot. We saw that coming last year. The MSBBC was
> corrupted to accept this too, at the taxpayers' expense.
Last year? I saw it coming 7 years ago when rumors of WPA first started
circulating. There is no difference between what Google just did with
purchased videos, and Microsoft's use of WPA to prohibit fair use of
legally purchased copies of Windows.
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