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RTSP wrapped in SMIL wrapped in RAM

Here is the structure of a video file from here:

Layer 1: RAM file (http://kcrw.com/smil/mb050414Nouvelle_Vague.ram)

Layer 2: SMIL file, inside the RAM file (http://kcrw.com/smil/mb050414Nouvelle_Vague.smil)

Layer 3: RTSP file, part of a playlist which is the SMIL file (rtsp://go.rbn.com/realkcrw/kcrwfm/g2demand/mb050414Nouvelle_Vague.rm)

Here's a question. Do I - or even SHOULD I - have the 'right' to pull out the direct RTSP link so I can put it in a playlist? The reason for the SMIL file is so that I'll have to watch something else along with the content. Is it wrong for me to bypass that? I guess not, since that's part of the appeal of Tivo (skipping the ads and other parts you don't want to watch). Would it be better for the ad or whatever content you want people to see to be in the same file, "embedded" as it were? That's the idea behind sponsorships on TV shows (American Idol being a recent example, Texaco Star Theatre in the 1950's being an old one), and of course product placement, where the product is unavoidable because it's in the freakin' scene.

Regardless of all that, wrapping a file in a file in a file isn't a very effective way of "protecting" your content.

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