“The consortium plans to design a logo that will be placed on products and websites to let consumers know that those products and services are compatible with DECE standards.”

Wow, a really big move here by the big boys to design a logo!

“We will be developing a … specification that services and device makers can license. They can use the logo to associate their device, knowing that when the consumer goes to buy the content, they know it will play,” Singer said.”

What we want is non DRM stuff. This already plays on everything, so why bother big boys.

And the logo should be DIVX as I have lots of DIVX enabled products like my DIVX DVD player and also my PC/laptops

and about sonys new drm thing,i would never pay for a digital download as id much rather a copy on cd\dvd if it wa costng money, something i can physicly hold, swap or sell ig get bored with it, i only get the digital downloads now as there FREE!

i still buy my vinyls tho xD

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Don´t really agree with ISPs gaining something from cooperation – yes, downstream would be spared and can so be oversold more, but why would anyone even want that much bandwidth if there´s nothing to do with it. Why on Earth would you need 10+ Mbit? Do you really download that often legal material that you need so much speed? Some dozen Linux ISOs, a handful of black and white movies whose copyright has expired, some HD videos meant to promote the medium… then what? YouTube & friends? 2-3Mbit is more than enough for those, all that extra that you´re paying for just sits there idly…
In other words: piracy drives the Net, wether ISPs accknowlede it or not all that access that they can sell is, atleast partially, made possible by pirates who want to get more and more stuff faster and faster.

I like to mix drum and bass. I have around 500 tracks and i still want alot more. If i payed for the records it have cost me 3000 Pounds.. Plus i wouldn’t know about all the less popular artist.

So if they manage destroy piracy, they destroy my hobby of mixing drum and bass to a certain extent at the same time..

Its sad

saying that, the RIAA should learn a little something. the days of elvis are DEAD, they need to update their long dead business model of screwing the ethnics out of owning their own music and white fat cats owning all of the music. they have offered nothing new for what they have been peddling since before i was born… they should give more. make dvd instead of cd and put tour clips, things of this nature… maybe then i will patronize… but buy a cd with two songs and the rest filler?? please… and i say that since their movies blow nuts.

have a great day

If they were going to buy it, why are they pirating it?

The logic is out there.

Possibly the worlds first reason for mass music pirate copying. Then along came digital with its perfect copy every time – OOps what a stupid time to get into the content game.

You got rich on the instruments of piracy so stop bleating and live with it.

so Sony.. STFU :)

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ISP’s are doing something about it. Well, ours is at least. They have just imposed their “Fair Usage Policy” on us. We have no idea what the value is that they set for this but it must be coming down. They are now throttling our connection down to 25kbs. Been using them for years without problems.

Currently using eclipse internet in the UK. Anyone know of a better ISP in the UK with good track record? Were moving with MAC code in hand :-)