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    Default Re: When Geeks Protest

    Quote Originally Posted by Husar
    Neither do I.
    I don't see "the man" there, I just see some seemingly normal news and the top ten are full of HD-DVD topics which don't really interest me until the prices are somewhat normal and they got rid of DRM.
    Sapi's already posted the story - the numbers aren't random.

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    what a great move......they just took a fact that was known by a handfull of hackers and turned into something that thousands of people will look into now.

    score another point for the corporate think tank
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    They handled it poorly. Instead of secretly (not so after all) deleting the posts/thread, they should have come out and said they were being served a cease and desist order from the MPAA and put forth the consequences of further posts along those lines. Their actions got a bunch of geeks thinking censorship and corporate kowtowing, which was bound to get a reaction like this.
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    The AACS handled it great, it could boost HD-DVD sales.
    If people know they can crack the HD-DVDs, they are more likely to buy them because when they buy Blu-Ray discs, they won't be able to copy them.


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    Nonsense - Blu-Ray won't last more than a few minutes before being cracked
    Last edited by sapi; 05-03-2007 at 11:34.
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    Edit: Nevermind.
    #Hillary4prism

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