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Digital downloads for Canadians: Legal? Illegal? C'mon

On June 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Canadians will be subject to a new list of dos and don’ts when it comes to sharing electronic property if legislation proposed by the federal Conservatives passes in Parliament

(Source: CTV.ca)

Under the proposed legislation, the following would be legal:  

- Making a backup copy of legally acquired music, digital books or [...]

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Hollywood studios are changing their home-video strategy

On June 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Just read this information on the LA Times regarding Hollywood Studios adopting their current home-video strategies in order to catch-up with technology and customer’s demands.

It seems that Studio executives don’t expect any single technology — video on demand, digital downloads or Blu-ray — to replace the DVD cash cow. Because of [...]

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Sub-$100 Blu-ray Drives by Winter

On June 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

From blu-ray.com:

Representatives from SonyNEC Optiarc, the optical drive arm of the joint Sony and NEC collaboration, have revealed that they predict prices of Blu-ray combo drives – which can read Blu-ray discs and write DVD and CD – will reach sub-$100 prices by this upcoming holiday season. Additionally, it is expected that similar [...]

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