Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/11/81 11:58

"PTravel" wrote ...
> "Martin Heffels" wrote ...
>> Read all about it:
>>
>> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2164309/embedded-dvd-chip-fights-piracy
>> --
>
> 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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