To clarify---going after the manufacturers....several have already shut
down.

"Alpha" <x@x.net> wrote in message news:...

I've heard of one. The fact is, they would also have to shut down the
Microsoft Media Center PC and I doubt that'll happen. Also, there's a lot
of legitimate use for this. I have quite a bit of home video, my wedding
DVD, and film reals of my families history before I was born that is
archived digitally.


Thanks,
Shawn

"Shawn B." <leabre@html.com> wrote in message
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You are right on the last point. However, that is a conflict that has yet
to be resolved. Power corrupts absolutely.

The one company that got shut down (well after the Microsoft Media Center
release) actually had an internal (or proprietary hard disk) and made copies
of a CSS-protected DVD onto its hard disk and was specifically designed so
that multiple receivers can view movies on the hard disk simulataneously on
some network connected to it. They actually broadcasted the media, rather
than requested it.

Now, that seems different than these Media Center devices. They don't rip
CD's, and they sure as hell don't play back CD's (in the traditional sense,
although they will allow you to select an individual file on a DVD to play
back (without subtitles and without language dubbing options). They
advertise these things pretty carefully, that they will play back WMV and
DRM'd Windows Media as well as standard MPEG/2/4/XVID/DIVX/Etc mainly to
playback your camcorder media over the network. They pretty much leave the
intent of the DVD archiving out of mention. They even are compatible with
most audio media. They don't broadcast anything, just request it and play
it back, the same a web browser would or Window Media Player.

The UPnP server software they install is a part of a standard for local
network media servers, even Microsoft Media Center uses it. None of that is
illegal or in remote violation of the law, in-and-of-itself, though it can
be used in questionable ways.

All this said, I'm off to bed.


Thanks,
Shawn

"Shawn B." <leabre@html.com> wrote in message
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"That said, I'll keep the LinkTheater. y wife
wants me to get the TerraServer 1.6 TB to store her DVD's. That's fine. "

Give me a break. That is not what can be done.

Huh?

"Shawn B." <leabre@html.com> wrote in message
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You cannot store DVDs on a server. Period. End of Story.

If you say so. But you can very easily be proven wrong.


Thanks,
Shawn

"Shawn B." <leabre@html.com> wrote in message
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That is legally of course. Since it violates the DMCA 1204.

I'm not worried. I'm not sharing the files with anyone, I doubt they'll
care. They're hardly losing any money on me, as I am an arduant purchaser
of DVD's


Thanks,
Shaw