China to Promote Own Alternative to DVDs, EVD

supermanksu writes "Seeking to compete on its own terms in the lucrative entertainment industry, China announced a government-funded project Tuesday to promote an alternative to DVDs and 'attack the market share' of the global video format." This has been an ongoing project.

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Are there any liscensing issues?

[Fux the Penguin]

Since these video disc players are not DVD licensed, do they have the right to use DVD keys to decrypt existing DVDs? These keys, I imagine, are licensed along with the patent and royalty agreements. This will work great in non-DMCA countries, the USA, however, will likely stop them at customs after some mild lobbying from various patent owners and trade groups. It's very likely that these are destined for the huge chinese market, but they are probably hoping to skirt around the law and get these into the US as well.

Or, they may be more interested in distributing content without a licensing fee than in distributing players without paying a licensing fee. To produce a DVD, a license fee must be paid per disk. If they produce a disk using their new format, there is no fee. (This is a win for independent producers of content, as well as for countries keen on reducing cash transfersto the DVD consortium).

To make a player that plays just this new protocol, there is no license fee involved (I presme). The players they'll probably make will be APEX-like, playing DVDs, CDs, MP3s, and will probably pay a DVD licensing fee. At least, auditable units, or units shipped to the west will pay fees. Who knows about grey-market ones.

-1, Old News

[Gothmolly]

Ripped right out of Yahoo! News, way to be relevant Slashdot Editors!

Re:Predicting 0% marketshare for EVD

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

An uphill battle in China? Ah, my misguided little liberal friend - you, like many liberals, don't understand that not every place in the world is like the suburbs where you reside. Time to do a little fact searching and educate yourself. The Chinese government is a communist dictatorship. Did they teach you anything about the Soviet Union in this public school you attended? China is similar to that. The government doesn't need to hold a town hall meeting or a state of the union or answer questions from the media; if they want the people to accept EVD, they make them. Those who refuse get a bullet in the head. And honestly, when there are gross human rights abuses going on, no one is going to protest over a government backed movie format.

How will China convince pressing plants to adapt to EVD??? Are you nuts? They send in troops. That'll convince anyone. You liberals are so naive...it would be laughable, if people weren't dying.

Re:Predicting 0% marketshare for EVD

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

"What makes you think he is a liberal?"

His lack of knowledge regarding the larger world makes me believe he is a liberal. The uneducated in society (auto workers union anyone?) are Democrats. As such, his lack of education regarding the fact that the Chinese market is controlled by the Chinese government, alerts me to the fact that he is a liberal.

You are welcome. Oh, and I can tell that you are a liberal as well. See, I'm good at spotting liberals.

Re:China- -

[geekoid]

China is not communistic like Russia was. It has a great many free market approaches. For example, there are many private business.
In this case, the government is getting there money from other countries.

China is a free-market communism. which is far more dangerous competitor. The government decids it wants one of its companies to control a market, it essentially has a business that is backed by the government. A government that gets many billions of dollars from exports.

Where as free-market capitalism can cause the most wonderfull product in the world to die because of a few dollars, or monopolistic abuse.