TPKeller2
02-20-07, 04:17 PM
This is marginally on topic... since Macrovision makes VHS tapes un-copyable... but the article is priceless!
Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso’s Response to Steve Jobs’s ‘Thoughts on Music’ (http://daringfireball.net/2007/02/macrovision_translation)
Theron
ncaahoops
02-20-07, 06:15 PM
This is marginally on topic... since Macrovision makes VHS tapes un-copyable... but the article is priceless!
Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso’s Response to Steve Jobs’s ‘Thoughts on Music’ (http://daringfireball.net/2007/02/macrovision_translation)
Theron
LOL. Great link/translation!!! This is good, Steve Jobs has created a stir that is expanding beyond music :-)
Funny that they call the mythical "interoperable DRM" an "open environment"!
TPKeller2
02-20-07, 06:23 PM
Another quite funny episode concerning Jobs' essay:
RIAA Responds To Jobs' Open Letter Applauding Him For Agreeing To License FairPlay, Except He Didn't (http://consumerist.com/consumer/riaa/riaa-responds-to-jobs-open-letter-applauding-him-for-agreeing-to-license-fairplay-except-he-didnt-234846.php)
:D
Theron
FullOnShred
02-20-07, 08:50 PM
Priceless! The only one I would change is response number 2 "We’ve been helping and encouraging the entertainment industry to annoy its paying customers for more than 20 years."
I would change that to "We have been illegally preventing millions of paying customers from making back up copies of their legally acquired movies for more than 20 years now."
TPKeller2
02-20-07, 09:25 PM
Priceless! The only one I would change is response number 2 "We’ve been helping and encouraging the entertainment industry to annoy its paying customers for more than 20 years."
I would change that to "We have been illegally preventing millions of paying customers from making back copies of their legally acquired movies for more than 20 years now."True!! It's amazing that they not only ignore that little detail protecting back-ups, but they treat it as a criminal offense!
Theron
This is marginally on topic... since Macrovision makes VHS tapes un-copyable... but the article is priceless!
Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso’s Response to Steve Jobs’s ‘Thoughts on Music’ (http://daringfireball.net/2007/02/macrovision_translation)
TheronfI find it amazing that the Macrovision CEO could write this with a "straight face".