[js1138]

And if manufacturers support existing CD and DVD formats while Hollywood modifies the new discs to conform to the stronger encryption, the consumer won't have much choice in the matter.

You assume that people over 30 give a rat's patootie about the latest music. Or that people under 30 give a rat's posterior about fine points of law. There was once a prefect digital medium (from the artist's point of view). It was called digital audio tape. I can't recall ever seeing one.

[Bush2000]

You assume that people over 30 give a rat's patootie about the latest music. Or that people under 30 give a rat's posterior about fine points of law. There was once a prefect digital medium (from the artist's point of view). It was called digital audio tape. I can't recall ever seeing one.

You're certainly free to try and find alternative media. But if the source media is encrypted effectively, it will make it that much harder for you to transfer onto new media.