[86702] in Cypherpunks
Divx
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Stutz)
Wed Sep 17 13:05:37 1997
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:07:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org>
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Reply-To: Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org>
From <http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/6947.html>:
Divx Protects Content, But Not Your Liberties
The ability to create pristine copies of any digital work is seen as a
threat by some Hollywood studios, which are experimenting with a new
pay-to-play DVD format to protect their intellectual property. This format,
Divx, could conceivably hobble the video rental business, but some see its
real threat as an invasion of consumer privacy - and the freedom to view
information anonymously.
