Progress

Dear reader,

'Progress' in no particular order:

Stone tablets
Clay tablets
Papyrus
Parchment
Books
Films
9.5 mm
35mm
Super 8
Colour films
VistaVision
Cinemascope
Smell-O-Vision and Aroma-Rama
3d
Todd E O
Technicolour
Wax cylinders
Shellac 78s
45s
33s
16s???
Stereophonic
Radio
Long wave
Medium wave
Short wave
VHF
UHF
Television
The 30 line Televisor
240 lines
405 lines
625 lines
Digital TV
High definition TV
Surround sound
Video 2000
VHS
Betamax
DVDs
Cassette tapes
8 track
Reel to reel
CDs
Wire recorders
Fax machines
Telephones
Mobile phones.

Stop, stop, I hear.

Never....

Peer to peer ( P2P) ..Aaah,!
Maybe this is something for Reelstreeters?

Files (spoken or written books, music, still images or complete films) can now be uploaded (sent) or downloaded (received) from computers.

Just suppose you had a nice old film that us nice old Reelstreeters wanted to see..
Or just suppose that you wanted to see a nice old film that another nice old Reelstreeter had hidden away? It seems the rest of the world has heard our wishes and sorted it for us.

Every day more movies are put onto Peer to Peer (P2P) sites and all free..Mmnnn luvelee!..But..
Is it legal?
Well, many old movies are now out of copyright and in the public domain.
The makers of newer movies are not best pleased, though and say that using P2P for copyrighted material is illegal.
The world has been some way down this road before, by copying films off TV, onto video recorders, but now with P2P, films are re-distributed to a wide audience.

Will it end in joy or tears?
Hmmnnn.............

Watch this screen.