Posted by DanR on 03/18/06 04:20

ushere wrote:
> "peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:IAmSf.12690$%e1.6001@trnddc05...
>> "Ritz" <ritz@mordor.net> wrote in message news:BesMf.294$6V.46@fe09.lga...
>>> I would like to distribute a DVD. I don't mind if people copy it and
>>> re-distribute it, but I want to make a reasonable attempt at keeping
>>> casual users from *changing* the DVD's content and redistributing the
>>> changed result. I realize that this probably wouldn't deter a technically
>>> savvy or determined person.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any suggestions?
>>
>> The other day I put a dvd in my computer, normally the drive would spin up
>> and spin down after a few seconds. But this time, it just spin and spin
>> without ever becoming ready. The only way to make it spin down is to
>> remove the dvd.
>>
>> Turns out there is a deep scratch in the middle of the dvd. Somehow, this
>> is preventing the dvd drive from reading some essential info (e.g. the
>> name of the dvd), so it just keeps retrying.
>>
>> Interestingly, this dvd plays fine in a dvd player except for a few
>> minutes of color blocks.
>>
>> If you could master a dvd and scratch it the right way, it would be damn
>> hard to copy.
>>
>
> 873 disks later and i still can't find the right place to scratch one.
>
> any suggestions?
>
> leslie

Where it itches.

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