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I don't understand. i thought all the talk was that even if kscape lost, existing owners would be grandfathered with respect to DVD imports and playback. i thought, for those owners (i.e. me), that functionality would be legal (or at least accepted).
Joe, the guys are talking about what to do with there DVD collections in the event K's contract with the DVD-CCA ends. The implied affect on us is that we no longer have to honor storing our DVD's to be in compliance because that requirement ends as well (in theory).
My take is that if we current owners do continue to get the promised K support, they (k) will still require we own the DVD. I do not know this for sure, and have never discussed this with anyone at K. Our contract is with K, not the DVD-CCA.
Jim
My concern is that K will be ordered to issue a software update that would make our dvd playback inoperable.
Thats Jim's opinion- which I am sure is a good one. However, I think constructive expressions of frustration due to the lack of information/ the fomentation of confusion on the customer side are likely to cause the people there to consider what/ if anything/ else they can do to lend clarity to the situation.
My opinion in having had (admittedly this is very limited) interactions with some people at Kaleidescape is they do care. BUT- in this kind of situation I just don't think you can expect them to say much right now. That's my take.