5.22.2002

Maybe Hollings should read this:

Piracy: The Star Wars Solution

While file trading has thrived, so too has Hollywood. Studios grossed $8.4 billion last year, an increase of almost 10 percent over 2000.

The movie industry has even adopted new home technologies, promoting the DVD, which comes with alternative endings, interviews and background information. Just as movies now provide a larger-than-life experience, rentals give viewers more than they can get in a theater.

In stark contrast, the music industry cast its lots behind copy-protected CDs, which limit how and where people can listen to their music.
...and have a copy protection scheme that cannot resist the power of a magic marker!

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