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Taiwan Joining Chinese Royalty-free Video Disk Effort
BeardStreet writes "In an attempt to stop the flow of royalties to the various DVD licensing bodies (e.g. DVD6C, MPEG-LA, etc.), 19 Taiwanese companies have come up with a royalty-free DVD format called EVD which is compatible with a similar effort going on in China, called AVD. Capacity is about 1 GB higher. Their goal is to avoid having to shell out US $15 to $20 per-player royalties. EVD/AVD players will still be able to play traditional DVD disks but will not have the official DVD logo on them, thus avoiding the licensing fees. It's a political issue as well, in that China needs to balance the flow of royalty money going out of their country, especially with DVD players falling rapidly in price."
Bunch of different, theoretically compatible standards - international patent law called into play, with those Damned Communists trying to avoid paying their patent fees....
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You know, if they keep this shit up, they might just distract the MPAA from the Internet long enough for me to finish building my archive
Hexayurt - open source refugee shelter,
The following movies will not be released for EVD or AVD:
Elizabeth
The Last Emperor
The Madness of King George
Get it? Royalty-free? Get it?
Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
And the fact that all DVD players sold in China come bundled with Episode 2 just goes to show you the level of dedication the Chinese market brings to the consumer. They go that extra mile you just don't see in larger American stores like BestBuy.
Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
Can the studios detect these players and make sure their disks won't play on them?
Probably.
But all you will need to make it work is a black marker.....
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I am a programmer. I am paid to produce syntax not grammar. Deal with it.
This format would only be used in China.
Quick! The MPAA needs to lobby Congress to make it illegal for China to do this!
Those who would give up liberty in exchange for security and DRM should switch to Microsoft Palladium!
Basically, these will be considered controlled substances like drugs and whoever's trying to get ahold of one will be treated as a narcotics dealer/user.
I disagree.
Whoever's trying to get ahold of these will be considered terrorists. Get with the times.
Those who would give up liberty in exchange for security and DRM should switch to Microsoft Palladium!