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From: kudla@rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla)
Subject: Re: CDTV & CD-I The Whole Picture
In-Reply-To: alec_vondjidis@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca's message of 25 Apr 91 04: 20:39 PDT
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Date: 25 Apr 91 14:57:15 GMT
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In article <alec_vondjidis.6535@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca> alec_vondjidis@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Alec Vondjidis) writes:

   >I don't know about the situation in USA. But here, video shops also
   >rent audio CDs from the same shelves as video cassettes. So this
   >marketing aspect applies to interactive CDs identically, I think.

   Do you mean to say that there will be CD *SOFTWARE* Rentals allowed in
   Europe?  As far as I know, software rentals have been stopped
   (severelly curtailed?) in the US, because they were so vulnerable to
   piracy.  Are they/will they still (be) allowed in Germany?

I still see Nintendo cartridges commonly available for rental in the
US, though the RIAA is powerful enough to prevent CD rentals (you can
still take them out of the library though, not sure if you can do the
same for software on disk).  In any case, I have my doubts about
whether a ban on CD-I/CDTV rentals will stick, since it's *real*
difficult to pirate a CD-ROM!

(unless it's a CD-ripoff in the first place with only 2 or 3 megs of
actual software on it, though those could still be easily designed to
be difficult to pirate....)

Robert Jude Kudla <kudla@rpi.edu>
                                   
No more bars!  No more cages!  Just rollerskating, disco music, and
the occasional light show....