Comments on: Hollywood backs Toshiba http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2004/11/29/globetechnology-hollywood-backs-toshiba/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:16:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Voice http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2004/11/29/globetechnology-hollywood-backs-toshiba/comment-page-1/#comment-5059 Mike Voice Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:48:11 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=856#comment-5059 The agreements all seem to be "non-exclusive" - so they can put movies out on both formats. It would suck to be a studio, and have to pay a small fee - for every copy of a movie you sell - to a competitor (Sony). :( I think John is right. They may not care about the technology, but their <i>first</i> choice would probably not be to give some of their money to Sony. The agreements all seem to be “non-exclusive” – so they can put movies out on both formats.

It would suck to be a studio, and have to pay a small fee – for every copy of a movie you sell – to a competitor (Sony). :(

I think John is right.

They may not care about the technology, but their first choice would probably not be to give some of their money to Sony.

]]> By: g quaglia http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2004/11/29/globetechnology-hollywood-backs-toshiba/comment-page-1/#comment-5034 g quaglia Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:24:14 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=856#comment-5034 I suspect it must have something to do with that format being easier to copy protect. I can't see any other reason why brain dead hollywood would support any format this early in the game. I suspect it must have something to do with that format being easier to copy protect. I can’t see any other reason why brain dead hollywood would support any format this early in the game.

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