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DivX;) Goes Legit

Posted by timothy on from the of-course-it-does dept.

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."

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  1. where's the new trolltalk? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    the link was on geekizoid but as usual those goddamn wankers are down. Anyone?

  2. Re:DIVX? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Wrong DivX idiot, this one is a movie file compression technology. I hope you are being sarcastic.

  3. The SSSCA is going to be passed. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Only a criminal would oppose it. Oh wait, that's right, this is Slashdot. Criminals (like Corley, Touretzky, Sklyarov, etc) are worshipped here.

  4. Re:;) ? by gnugnugnu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > 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.

  5. DivX is evil! You are all faggots! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    I can't believe that DIVX is still around. I thought we had stopped it years ago. Divx is just another way for Big Business to take more rights away from the consumer. They try and pass it off as an alternative to "renting" movies, but in reality it's just another way to steal our money using underhanded Pay Per Use tricks that most of us Slashdoters have spent the last few years fighting against.

    We need to take action immediately and warn our friends and family before this technology catches on and becomes a mainstay in the average consumer household. Write a letter to your representative or elected official and let them know how you feel. We simply CANNOT allow any more of our rights to be taken away.

  6. Re:;) ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Don't you have anything else better to bitch about, you fucking moron