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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by denton-scratch on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:46AM (#33082066)
To be fair, NTSC/PAL/SECAM were political decisions made by governments at the start of the television era, well before modern copyright maximalism had got its boots on.
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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by davrosthedalek on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:40PM (#33082930)
Some were also technical I believe, for example with relation to the power grid frequency.
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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by anikom15 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @05:59PM (#33087650)
They were not political decisions made by governments. They were technical standards developed by standards bodies primarily made up of engineers. Then government institutions like the FCC adopted them for their countries.
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