Ah, Nintendo, how art thou?

[Dark Samurai]

I think Nintendo's feeling pretty good right about now.

Source (http://gear.ign.com/articles/691/691408p1.html)

Discuss...

[Xantar]

I don't know that Nintendo would feel much about this one way or another. This isn't going to piss off quite as many people as IGN thinks. Sure, there will be a lot of noise on the internet, but that will be seen mostly as a geek fringe group by the public at large. Not all 3 million early adopters will be pissed off, sadly enough. What they will probably do is sell their current sets and simply buy new ones because they're used to spending lots of money to have the latest and the biggest.

Of course, I personally think HDTV adoption is going to be really slow anyway, so this won't have much of an effect one way or another.

That said, this is pretty damn stupid and symptomatic of an industry in panic mode. Recently, they sent letters to Swarthmore College telling them that it's illegal to show movies in public spaces. That's right. If you have Lord of the Rings on DVD, you can't take it to a lecture hall after hours and put it up on a big projector for your friends. That's a "public viewing" which you need to get a license for.

But if you just put it on your computer screen in your dorm room, it's perfectly fine because then it's "private."

[Dyne]

This can't be real. Is that real?

That's hilarious, sad, and confusing all at the same time.

[Jonbo298]

This is the third time a thread like this has been made.

[KillerGremlin]

A) I'll take the selfish way out and laugh at everyone, because my TV has HDMI.

B) I don't think I shed a tear during the hilarious MPAA don't steal movies commercial, but now that people have to spend thousands of dollars to watch movies, I think it's more okay for them to steal the movies.

[Ginkasa]

That said, this is pretty damn stupid and symptomatic of an industry in panic mode. Recently, they sent letters to Swarthmore College telling them that it's illegal to show movies in public spaces. That's right. If you have Lord of the Rings on DVD, you can't take it to a lecture hall after hours and put it up on a big projector for your friends. That's a "public viewing" which you need to get a license for.

But if you just put it on your computer screen in your dorm room, it's perfectly fine because then it's "private."


I thought that was legal so log as you didn't require people to pay...? I know Disney gets ticked off when their movies are shown in public for profit without their permission....


/me shrugs and walks away

[DarrenMcLeod]

I thought that was legal so log as you didn't require people to pay...? I know Disney gets ticked off when their movies are shown in public for profit without their permission....

* Link1130 shrugs and walks away
I'm pretty sure it's illegal because if you start showing the movies for large audiences, the company won't make a dime from people who might otherwise rent or purchase the DVD.

[thatmariolover]

I'm pretty sure it's illegal because if you start showing the movies for large audiences, the company won't make a dime from people who might otherwise rent or purchase the DVD.

They don't like it, but the way the law has been interpreted by most is that they can't do a thing about it if you don't make people pay.

Like Xantar says, you need a license for "Public Viewing". Essentially I think the deciding factor is if you're showing it on Public Property or in a privately owned building. Though I could be wrong.