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Posted by Colin Wilson on 03/29/07 15:08
> > I wonder if anyone can clarify whether DRM protection was written into
> > the DVD standard - if not, perhaps we should be able to return the DVDs
> > as "not DVDs" like we can with DRM infected "discs sold as CDs"
> Remind me why you object to this - is it because it prevents your copying
> it?
No - if the use of new "novel" protection systems on discs breaks or
renders old hardware unusable - and if the old hardware conformed to the
DVD standards and the disc doesn't, it shouldn't be sold as a DVD disc.
If this is the case, the disc should be replaced with one that conforms
to the DVD standards - as was the case with the DRM infested CDs that
got Sony banned from the US military 18 months ago for installing
rootkits.
If I wanted to copy something from Sony that included DRM like that to
enable me to play it on my other hardware, i'd simply pass it through
RipIt4Me.
If I was *really* desperate to watch whatever the last one was called -
which i'm not (although I was interested about the participation of
Zanshin Studios, who I first came across on YouTube), i'd start here:
<http://movies.belive.ws/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1
&Itemid=2>
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