Comments on: Just in time… http://walt.lishost.org/2008/02/just-in-time/ The library voice of the radical middle. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2008/02/just-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31927 walt Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:41:57 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=708#comment-31927 That’s an excellent point (not that either DVD or HD DVD is free of DRM). I can’t imagine that most people will replace many DVDs with Blu-rays in any case, but it would certainly be great if Sony and pals on the studio side learned something from the downloadable-music situation and eased up on DRM. (I’ve been writing about DRM for years, never favorably.)

In that sense, defeating HD DVD doesn’t necessarily count as victory.

For others reading this: Click on John Overholt’s name. The blog you’ll reach is one of the most interesting and unusual covered in Academic Library Blogs: 231 Examples (page 66), and I’m delighted to see that new entries are showing up.

]]> By: John Overholt http://walt.lishost.org/2008/02/just-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31916 John Overholt Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:39:50 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=708#comment-31916 “a lot of us actually like to own some of the movies and programs we expect to watch more than once.”

I certainly fit into that category, but it’s my feeling that the DRM on Blu-Ray is so intrusive and restrictive that purchasing a Blu-Ray disc doesn’t even amount to ownership. I have a very large collection of DVDs, and I intend to stick with that format as long as it’s at all possible to do so. I suppose if DVDs get phased out, I’ll buy a Blu-Ray player to watch rentals, but I have no intention of building a collection like I have now unless fundamental changes are made.

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