Comments on: Digital Media Center http://www.parityerror.com/archive/digital-media-center Drifting towards the Singularity Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wayne http://www.parityerror.com/archive/digital-media-center#comment-11 Wayne Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:26:35 +0000 http://www.parityerror.com/archive/digital-media-center#comment-11 Region encoding was just a primitive form of DRM. The media industry would much prefer it if everything were encoded per person, rather than per worldwide region, and that's what we're getting with many things. If only you (or one specific player, or something like that) can play it back, then I doubt they'd care much about where in the world you were. (Well, region encoding was also to control separate worldwide releases in different parts of the world, but if we're talking about downloads that isn't likely to be a big issue.) Region encoding was just a primitive form of DRM. The media industry would much prefer it if everything were encoded per person, rather than per worldwide region, and that’s what we’re getting with many things. If only you (or one specific player, or something like that) can play it back, then I doubt they’d care much about where in the world you were.

(Well, region encoding was also to control separate worldwide releases in different parts of the world, but if we’re talking about downloads that isn’t likely to be a big issue.)

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