Why Sony Must Be Stopped
First porn producer to choose has chosen HD DVD over Blu-ray. On it's own I don't care. I'm not a devotee of the smutty arts, and, despite popular lore, the porno industry had little if anything to do with VHS winning over Beta. No, what concerns me is the claim by said porn producer that Blu-ray was the first choice, but that Sony didn't allow it. If that's true, it paints a disturbing picture of Sony deciding what is acceptable use and what is not for the technology. Imagine in a few years Blu-ray were to become dominant. Would Sony then ban Microsoft from using it in a future Xbox system? Would they allow some special features to only be used by movies from Sony studios?
I don't like the idea of a content company controlling a technology standard.
Labels: Home theater