[Free-sklyarov-uk] concrete examples

[Danny O'Brien]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 11:21:48AM +0100, Martin Keegan wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 joss at supportwizard.com wrote:
> 
> > > The question's good, but a bit abstract. The best way is to try=20
> > > different approaches and see what works best.
> > 
> > I would recommend keeping things as concrete as possible, examples
> > are better than abstractions, especially examples people care about.
> 
> Hear, hear.
>  
> > If, as is planned, we get a law like this in the UK, SKY will be able to
> > make it impossible for you to use your VCR. They might want to do this
> > to stop you from skipping adverts because that's where they get their
> > revenue. "Is that what you want, 'cos that's what'll 'appen" ( Curtesy
> > of Harry Enfield).
> [snip]

That's an interesting example, if only because that's exactly what Sky
is planning (by owning the digital VCR market, and inserting their own,
extra, adverts during playback time).

I think works with an expiry date built in have emotive appeal -
especially as people are still pissed off about the vinyl/CD transition.

d.