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Philips vs Unlicensed DVD Players

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-taking-my-toys-and-going-home dept.

Kallahar writes "NewScientist is running an article about how Phillips, Sony, and Pioneer have "asked customs officials throughout Europe to seize players made by unlicensed factories." Philips, Sony and Pioneer have pooled many hundreds of patents covering all aspects of the DVD system. Philips administers the pool, grants licences and collects royalties, which are then shared three ways." This comes on the heals of philips going after copy protected CDs. The draw for these DVD players for consumers is probably both price, and the fact that they are often free of those pesky region encodings (especially nice for anime junkies)

13 of 320 comments (clear)

  1. First Post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Moo?

  2. In related news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My name is Micheal Sims,
    The old time great
    (I) go censoring around
    In New York state!

  3. ispell by Luke · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is it that difficult to use?

    It's "heels".

    1. Re:ispell by Spoons · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "heals" is an english word too, so ispell wouldn't have caught it. Unfortunately ispell can't fix stupidity, just typos.

  4. Re:anime is for losers by ajaygautam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I diagree. I have seen some of the best animations in Anime. Well, its a free world, if you don't like it, don't see it. I guess nobody is forcing you to see it ! Posting as an "Anonymous Coward" does say a lot about you ;->

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  5. Bioterrorism by October_30th · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That makes you a bioterrorist. Please turn yourself in at the nearest DoJ detainment camp.

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    The owls are not what they seem
  6. OT: spell, dammit! by mr.ska · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This comes on the heals of philips going after copy protected CDs.

    What, was Philips wounded? You mean HEELS, part of the foot, as opposed to HEALS, recovering from an injury.

    Stop wasting time on lameness filters and let moderation do that for you. Implement a spellchecker!! (Which, sadly, won't correct this kind of error.)

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    Mr. Ska

  7. Re:Wonder when M$... by nazkilla · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The humor tag is unsupported by Slashdot and its readers. Please re-submit your reply without the specified violating tag!

  8. Broken Link. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The link pointing to http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/11/181625 is broken.

  9. Not an ispell problem/solution. by deacon · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "heals" is what a cut does after you put a band-aid on it.

    Ispell does not help you there.

    I hear that the problem here is firmly between the keyboard and the chair.

    However, only a heel would make fun of Taco's disability which sadly cannot be healed.

    There is no solution once we find that their teacher could not help them in their budding youth, they're forever doomed to confuse like-sounding words.

  10. Re:anime is for losers by theNetImp · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Hey, there is nothing wrong with anime. just because you don't like something doesn't mean you have the right to call other people names because they happen to like it. So why do you just grow up.

    -james

    who's dvd collection happens to be 1/3 anime.

  11. Re:well.. by October_30th · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh yeah? I'll be laughing when the "Islamic flu" really hits NYC early next month. Bubonic plague, anyone?

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  12. Re:Memo to Customs Officers by colnago · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    it's funny - laugh