Sorry Smitty I sort of goofed on the posting.
I did not post the link to the article.
Worse I can not find it now myself.
So I will paraphase.
It seems according to the article that the mover makers have given up on
Piracy.
They have now decided that it is better to sell access to the movie via
Movielink
for $2 to $3 per movie. You have the ability to download the movie and play it
any time within one month of downloading and for 24 hours after you start
watching.
If I interpreted the article correctly recording would be legally allowed.
On Monday 11 November 2002 21:16, Smitty wrote:
> On Monday 11 November 2002 20:38, you wrote:
> > LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Five top Hollywood studios opened on line box
> > office Movielink on Monday in their first, tentative step to sell
> > blockbuster films like "Ocean's Eleven" on the Web after years of
> > fretting over the copyright piracy now threatening the music business.
>
> "Piracy" is a term that has its origins in an entertainment cartel pr firm
> using the propaganda by redefinition of words ploy. They don't want to
> call it what it is, unlicensed copying. Piracy has connotations of
> desperate seaborne bandits disposed to rape, pillage and hijack.
> Actually, this describes the characters who run the major recording
> companies far more so than some adolescent geek ripping mp3s because he
> doesn't make the income his dad does and he is attempting to acquire those
> very things that the entertainment cartel has promoted as highly desirable,
> but ironically, not affordable to a large sector of their targeted public.
>
> > How difficult would it be to simultaneous play and record into a
> > different file utilizing a different format one of the movies?
>
> You would need conversion utilities and a large enough buffer cache to
> handle the feed.
> Smitty
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