Jason Seaver
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I think most of the disdain for downloads comes from the wrong-headed assumption that it will happen with current technology and bandwidth. It won't; it will happen with the broadband and solid state hard drives we have five years from now. And I half-suspect the DRM will be less nightmarish than it is now; we're already seeing the music companies start selling unlocked files.
I think I'm past the need to have a physical thing on my shelf. An entire wall in my back room is given over to my DVD collection, and I dread the thought of having to move it again. Having it hypothetically all on a couple of solid-state storage devices, backed up, searchable, and potentially even upgradeable sounds fantastic.
I think I'm past the need to have a physical thing on my shelf. An entire wall in my back room is given over to my DVD collection, and I dread the thought of having to move it again. Having it hypothetically all on a couple of solid-state storage devices, backed up, searchable, and potentially even upgradeable sounds fantastic.