Posted by Derek Janssen on 04/17/07 22:49

Doug Jacobs wrote:

> 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.

The group's burned out on "Mean old studios preventing our good, saintly
'fair use backups'" copy-protection issue posts, but Sony's goof is
starting to hit the tech-news headlines.

It's more the case that Sony adding something evil to their disks isn't
really the headline it used to be, but that it got so much exposure in
such an embarrassing way this time is worth keeping an eye on.

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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