I have seen no proof there there are IP or Copyright issues with a Universal Player. Samsung stated they may look at a UP months ago and then jettisoned the idea. LG, however, has recently stated they may just make a Universal Player so I'm going to chalk this "you can't make a UP" up to hype and misinformation much like the HD-DVD only does 1080i crap that was distorted.
For the two competing formats to disallow UP brings us dangerously close to anti-trust action. If the copyright is protected, if IP is adhered to then there's no real reason not to have a UP. Thus any language that prohibits licensees from creating a UP would be done from anti-competitive motives. In some cases this is ok but in many it is not.
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hmurchison @ Mar 14th 2006 12:40PM
I have seen no proof there there are IP or Copyright issues with a Universal Player. Samsung stated they may look at a UP months ago and then jettisoned the idea. LG, however, has recently stated they may just make a Universal Player so I'm going to chalk this "you can't make a UP" up to hype and misinformation much like the HD-DVD only does 1080i crap that was distorted.
For the two competing formats to disallow UP brings us dangerously close to anti-trust action. If the copyright is protected, if IP is adhered to then there's no real reason not to have a UP. Thus any language that prohibits licensees from creating a UP would be done from anti-competitive motives. In some cases this is ok but in many it is not.