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Originally Posted by sadievan
If I buy a DVD say from Sony Pictures, am I only allowed to play that DVD on a Sony Player?
Carol
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Of course not -- because DVD has become the standard for video technology (although Blue-Ray is now trying to edge it out). If I recall correctly, PAL and VHS had a battle over video format for quite a while before VHS became the industry standard. We're seeing a similar battle here: all the big online retailers are scrambling for a piece of the pie.
I suspect that when the dust settles, Amazon, B&N, and the other major players will have established a standard format for purchases and file transfers, and it will be possible to swap DRM-protected files across various devices that have been registered to the same person.