A lot of IT folks seem excited about the gadgets and delivery and
passwords and no so much about copyright. they seem excited about what
they can do. But the security of the stream and integrity of access is
not the same as copyright law. Maybe there are two different versions of
"safe" here - safe as in password protected ( IT) and safe to digitize
and show (PPR & more).
I'm not jumping on the VOD bandwagon. Yet.
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