Posted by Goro on 02/23/06 05:23

Jeff Rife wrote:
> Goro (evilninjax@yahoo.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > They claimed that Samsung's DVD players allowed consumers to avoid
> > encryption features that prevent unauthorized duplication and demanded
> > a recall of all the problematic products, Bloomberg said.
>
> This is a *great* lawsuit for the consumer.
>
> The Samsung player merely allows HDCP to be turned off. The movie studios
> will have to prove that HDCP actually could "prevent unauthorized
> duplication" in order to win their case.
>
> If they can't, then it would no longer be even a hint of a DMCA violation
> to disable HDCP, because DMCA only protects systems that prevent
> duplication...not those that prevent "unauthorized viewing".

excuse me if i'm dense, but isn't it the case that they would need to
show that DISABLING HDCP allows unauthorized duplication?

-goro-

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