What matters more is that as Silicon Image attempts to take this next step they also aim to bring the next impact of the DRM train wreck into our homes: Liquid Play. Unwanted and unnecessary, it will surely bring the usual technological dysfunctionality and absurdly destructive litigation we have seen accompany similar efforts made on behalf of the recording industry. It is a direct affront to fair use, media literacy and free speech.

It is pathetic that the larger companies in the motion media industry appear unable to learn from the mistakes of the recording industry, particularly considering many of them share the same parent companies.