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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:42:39 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic () well com> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:24:09 -0500 To: <dave () farber net>, Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] Talk about HDMI At 5:38 AM -0500 1/18/05, David Farber wrote:
------ Forwarded Message From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> I'm already able to play back HD content from the Darknet in this way. Life is good! <g> DLH]
Dave, I don't doubt that Dewayne is able to play back content that originates as high-definition television, but I doubt that any of this content qualifies as "HD content." So far as I can tell, every single instance in which high-definition television content has been made available via BitTorrent or other bandwidth-maximizing tools, that content has been drastically reduced in resolution (commonly in the course of digital-to-analog-to-digital conversion to MPEG or .avi files). The resulting content may have originated in high definition, but it doesn't qualify as "HD content" anymore. This fact puts the lie to claims by Hollywood that HD content is routinely or widely pirated over the Internet merely by virtue of its being digital -- the digital originals, even though already compressed, are far too large (much bigger, for example, than images of DVDs, which one does occasionally find on the Internet). Of course, once one reaches a certain age, it's harder to tell whether one is looking at true HD content at normal viewing distance. This factor may explain the frequent exaggerated claims about whether HDTV content is available in full resolution over the Internet. --Mike Godwin Legal Director Public Knowledge -- ----- The Godwin's Law Blog can be found at http://www.godwinslaw.org . ----- Mike Godwin can be reached by phone at 202-518-0020 x 101. The new edition of his book, CYBER RIGHTS, can be ordered at http://www.panix.com/~mnemonic . ----- ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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