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In <3mh425$itp@aimnet1.aimnet.com>, JNavas@Aimnet.com (John Navas) writes:
:>peter@2hoog.vpro.nl (Peter Busser) wrote:
:>
:>>Richard L. Spelling (SA) (rlspell@oknd.uscourts.gov) wrote:
:>>: >Michael Dillon <michael@junction.net> wrote:
:>>: > Of course, the high speed replicators will be useful when everybody and 
:>>: > his brother wants to rent the latest and greates all-hyped hit movie. 
:>>: > Just make more copies. This is the way it should be.
:>>: 	This is illegal. You know, copywrite laws and all. Video store owners
:>>: 	have went to jail for "Just make more copies"
:>
:>>On the other hand, how would you prevent people from making copies?
:>
:>Encryption.

This thread has gone somewhat astray.  If I recall the thrust of the original
post, it was that high speed data connections could be used by video stores to
deliver video tapes on demand.

Obviously, such a service could not be offered without an appropriate license
from, and payment to, the owner of the copyrighted material on the tape.

Virtually all of the major copyright owners are exploring/entering/already in one
or more partnerships with one or more cable/phone companies in order to create
the technology for delivering such a service.  It follows that they would not
seek to create the technology without a) taking any and all appropriate steps
to safeguard their copyright(s); and b) believing that this technology would
result in a greater revenue stream than they get through the current system.

Why is this happening?  Because, as I stated above, the owners of the movies,
etc., believe they can make more money doing it through video on demand than
they can make doing it through selling tapes to video rental stores.

How do they make more money?  They do it the old fashioned way, they
eliminate the middlemen.  The middlemen are the video stores.  The video stores
will not exist in a decade or so when virtually all new movies are only released
through video-on-demand services.  (For regular movies, everyone knows that
it is the new releases that provide most of the profits to the video stores.  For
pornography, the rules are different, but that is a different market.....)

So, don't buy any equity interest(s) in any video stores (hint: why did Blockbuster
want a movie studio of its very own?).

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