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Unique ID Codes for CD / DVD Manufacturers

Posted by timothy on from the isn't-the-free-market-over-there dept.

terrymr writes: "The movie & recording industry are lobbying hard for the European Union to require all CDs & DVDs to carry unique source identifiers to aid in combatting piracy. They are also demanding tougher penalties for infringers. It seems the only people who would be hit by the ID code requirement would be the legitimate manufacturers as the pirates simply wouldn't bother."

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  1. Re:dangerous detail by prizog · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hi. I investigate license violations for the Free Software Foundation. Can you send me information about these possible violations? You can mail license-violation@gnu.org, and I will look into them. While we don't act vindictively in license violations, we do get them resolved.

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  2. This isn't copy protection by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 3, Informative

    They're talking about having every CD manufacturing plant put a plant ID into every CD they make, so that illegal CDs can be traced to the plant where they were manufactured.