Harry Potter, Macrovision and Economics

Posted by chrisd on Thursday June 13, 2002 @03:39PM from the macrovision-is-near-sighted dept.

markthebrewer writes "Apparantly Warner Home Video have released Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone without any of the usual Macrovision copy-protection systems. Looks like its just a trial, but someone's done the maths and decided it may be cheaper not to copy-protect videos after all. Find the full article in the New Scientist." There is certainly something desperate about macrovisions response to this development. Does anyone see macrovision as a real barrier to copying anymore? What a bunch of snake oil salesmen these people are. In related news, I'm marketing my own personal copy protection device.

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"Mracovision" by Alex+Belits · 2002-06-13 17:47 · Score: 4, Funny

In Russian some people call Macrovision "Mracovision", what can be approximately translated as "see the darkness". I find it a very funny and appropriate name for that bullshit.

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Macrovision is a copy protection system? by serutan · 2002-06-13 19:41 · Score: 4, Funny

I always thought it was designed to simulate tape stretch or a dirty playback head.