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Re: Thinking Ahead...



already happening...
just don't ask me how I know...
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Dan Green
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Physics and Astronomy Department
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Ahlas" <hahlas@email.unc.edu>
To: "310-74list" <inls310-74@ruby.ils.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 2:18 AM
Subject: Thinking Ahead...


> So we've talked a whole lot about mp3s (and we're gonna talk some more,
> too), and we've touched on DVDs a little bit.  My question is the
> following: what's gonna happen when/if (but probably WHEN) people start
> downloading movies and copying them to VHS and watching them at home for
> free as much as people do now with mp3s?
> 
> Has the movie industry, in planning for the future, played a role in
> this mp3 controversy?  If somehow the mp3 situation does not get
> resolved in the next few years, the movie industry could be facing a
> nightmare...I was just wondering if any of you knew of any info about
> precautions Hollywood might be taking.
> 
> If I was in Hollywood, I'd be praying that the RIAA will win the mp3
> controversy.  If somehow the controversy doesn't get settled soon, it
> could be the end of Blockbuster Video and all its cousins.  No, probably
> not, but settling the mp3 issue will save us from future controversies.
> 
> My point here is that this mp3 deal is going to set a huge precedent for
> what's going to be legal in the future.  And I wah-wah-wah-wah- wonder
> how concerned the movie industry (and other industries??) are about it
> all.
> 
> Harry
> 
>