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 Posted by Richard Crowley on 10/26/81 11:58 
"PTravel" wrote ... 
> "Martin Heffels"  wrote ... 
>> Read all about it: 
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>> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2164309/embedded-dvd-chip-fights-piracy 
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> Hmmmm.  Very nice for the studios.  What happens if my father-in-law  
> pops in a copy of a DVD that I produced from my own video?  Will the  
> DVD player interpret that as a pirated copy and refuse to play it?  If  
> it doesn't, then how does it distinguish between commercial content  
> and home video content? 
 
Why would Hollywood care whether customers are able 
to make DVDs that can be played on *their* players?
 
  
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