* Posts by Dot5

2 publicly visible posts • joined 17 May 2007

Free Software Foundation plans protests at 'corrupt' BBC

Dot5

why drm at all

Is DRM the last stand of the media industry? I can't understand why they don't accept that we are at the cusp of a new era and distribution will change.

I don't think its coincidense that even now, with all the hoo ha about torrents and file sharing that the majority of people still pay for thier products. Given the fact that you can go to sites like torrentspy or piratebay and download dvd rips that people still choose to pay to download (larger) files which they can only watch for a limited time or number of times, and only on thier PC.

With dodgy stuff available on torrents (poor quality/odd versions etc) it would be nice to be able to get legitimate copies of stuff even with adverts, if people knew that the feed will be very high quality and that they can share the torrent without feeling they will get some sort of comeback.

Surely even the BBC would consider that a thousand people sharing the latest release of Dr Who (or whatever) would cost them less (and be faster for the usr) than if they were to host it on thier own servers, and have it played via an internally developed piece of software, especially given that people may come around to the fact that its just plain easier to download a torrent of the same files.

If I were the BBC I would have done a test and released an episode of one of thier popular shows on a torrent site, put in some ads or whatever and guaged the response.

Like people say DRM only affects legitimate customers, so why bother at all?

US in The Long Good Friday remake outrage

Dot5

remake could be good

Couldn't it - if made by a British team? I always find it odd that whenever 'Hollywood' announce a remake of a British classic people complain. If Hollywood can see a market for it, why don't Handmade? Surely a film like this (which was on TV the other week) would be excellent in a modern backdrop with modern effects and cinematography.

Personally I would like to see the British film industry pump out a few cash makers so they can spend big budgets on true British blockbusters, instead of these oft droll and twee emotional films we grow to quietly love.

Looking at excellent stories of these older films with a view to quickly freshen it up with current household-name actors to get cash would be a good thing for us as well, "not a bad idea that"