Hollywood's DRM Agenda Moving Forward

risingphoenix writes "The New York Times has a story about the progress Hollywood has made putting Digtal Rights Management in the marketplace. The story focuses on what technology is currently in place; what the next moves, technically and legally, are for the industry and how consumers are being affected by Hollywoods power grab."

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Re:Alternatives?

[da5idnetlimit.com]

"outlaw the horseless carriage" : happened 8)

"They had found a 1902 Quebec law, actually an amendment to much older horse-thief law, which stated that if any neighborhood in which there were horses complained that their horses were being disturbed by horseless carriages, the residents had the right to ban horseless carriages from their neighborhood. The penalty for a violator, because a comma had been dropped in the printing of the law, was 20 years without appeal, the same as for a horse-thief. " (http://www.root-1.co.il/cookies2.htm)

"Outlaw the printing press" Happened...

"Mr. Gutenberg: I intend to print copies of the Bible and so spread the word of God.

Sir Royale: Why is this a judicial matter?

Mr. Gutenberg: The Scribes Guild, the Educators Guild, the Religious Guild, and the Civil Service Guild seek to outlaw the use of my printing press and have filed petitions to that end.

Sir Royale: What do you believe will be the effects of your invention on scribes who are employed to hand copy manuscripts?

Mr. Gutenberg: There will always be a market for hand-made manuscripts. A machine-made manuscript can not compete with a beautiful illuminated manuscript created by a talented scribe."
(The Gutenberg Deposition : http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/rpriegle/wwwdocs/gutenber .htm )

Now, back to something I read only yesterday :
"First they Ignore you, then they Laugh at you, then they Fight you, then you Win" Ghandi... Once again, GhandiCon 3 Level attained, the victory is nigh.

Re:Write Amy Harmon (author of story)

[Alsee]

You cannot duplicate all the contents on the DVD, i.e. the disk key, with your DVD-R.

Actually you can if you have a DVD-R(A). These drives cost about $3800, or $2500 on E-Bay. DVD-R(A) disks are usually $10-$20 each, but I found them for $6, or even $1.30 on E-Bay. These prices are dropping, but still high because of the low volume of sales.

Once again it is merely a case of the copyright indutry managing to foist crippled products on us. Standard DVD-R disks would be perfectly capable of recording the disk-key block except for the fact that these disks come with that area pre-burned.

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