Posted by Doug Jacobs on 04/17/07 21:15

I would have thought folks would have jumped all over this one...

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/15/1914248

Slashdot is reporting that recent DVD releases from Sony are unplayable on
some DVD players (including some Sony players) because of a new form of
DRM that causes them to lock up. When asked about the problem, Sony not
only said they don't intend to fix the problem, but that it's the
manufacturers' responsibility to update their firmware to be able to play
these new DVDs.

Not that this new form of copy protection actually, you know, prevents
copying. Posts on Amazon reveal that people were able to rip, copy and
burn these new DVDs with no problem.

Way to go Sony. I guess the CD/Rootkit debacle wasn't bad enough... On
the other hand, this could take some attention off their floundering PS3.

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