DVD: Degradable Versatile...

Posted by michael on Friday January 31, 2003 @09:37PM from the bit-rot dept.

jomaree writes "The SMH online reports that some DVDs are starting to corrode or "rot". Although somewhere between 1 and 10 per cent of DVDs are affected, it seems the distributors don't want to know. One list of affected movie titles reveals what might be a sinister pattern emerging: "One DVD website lists 18 titles known to have at least one bad batch, among them Planet of the Apes (1968), Men in Black: Collectors Edition, Independence Day and the Alien Legacy box set." Or maybe the person compiling the list only buys sci-fi movies."

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Good by kscd · 2003-01-31 21:55 · Score: 5, Insightful

As much as this sucks for the people currently affected, I can't help but think of this as a good thing overall. It's only when Joe Schmoe starts to feel the fact that his fair use rights have been taken away by the DMCA that there will be enough outcry to repeal it.

Linux, isn't sexy. This, however, is the stuff those stupid segmants on the 10 o'clock news are made of.