Re: [tlug] Tux is now in Tokyo ! who wants to get it ?

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2009-09-09 13:16 +0900 (Wed), Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Now that you mention it, I wonder if *they* have noticed that?
> ...
> Why don't you write to Warner's Customer Service Department (well,
> start with whichever one is the highest priority for your collection)
> and ask them about it?

There's a good thought, actually; I'd just assumed that they were
gleefully thinking that they could take me for thousands of dollars more
for stuff I'd already paid for.

> And include the first five titles from them you'd upgrade if such a
> program were offered.

Actually, even better might be just to give them the list of all eighty
or whatever.

>  > ...that's not a good thing to do in a market where there are free (if
>  > illegal) alternatives.
> 
> Are there for Blu-Ray disks?

I'm guessing (I've not really investigated) that there's not much HD
stuff being posted yet, but as everybody's bandwith increases and BluRay
becomes more popular, it seems to me inevitable that it will come.

> Isn't the copy-protection for that fairly strong by consumer
> standards?

Sure, but it's been cracked, and I'm told that BluRay rippers are out
there now. (That's another thing I've not looked into because I still
own few enough BluRays that it's not at all difficult to find the one
I'm looking for, and I'm not looking for one that often.) All it takes
is a few people to start ripping them and making torrents available.

cjs
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