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DivX;) Goes Legit
ZooB writes: "There is an article running on CNET right now about DivX and how,(and I'm sure this comes as no surprise to anyone reading this here), such a technology used so frequently for piracy can be used in a legitimate manner. The article is interesting enough, but take careful note of the comment by an MPAA representative. "We are aware of DivX and similar technologies, but it's not the technology that's the issue, it's how it is applied," said a spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America, who declined to comment specifically on DivXNetworks. "Our concern is with technology that is marketed, promoted and used as a tool for piracy." His first sentence seems to fly in the face of the DMCA as the law is currently written and then, perhaps realizing what he has just said, the spokesman back pedals and contradicts his previous statement! It is nice to know that someone besides a politician can speak out of both sides of their mouth."
> I believe it's DivX ;-)
it was known as DivX;) because it was mocking the crappy self destructing DVDs from Circuit city, but since then DivX Networks have gone legit (divx is no longer merely a hacked MS codec) and bought the rights to the DivX name from Circuit City wich includes the site DivX.com
http://www.divx.com
(id like it if slashdot could automatically turn a properly formed URL into a hyperlink)
From the FAQ: http://www.divx.com/support/faq.php
Q: Is DivX(TM) a hack of Microsoft code?
A: Definitely not. DivX(TM) was created from scratch by the people at DivXNetworks/ProjectMayo.