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Industry Group Would Permit (Some) DVD Copying
Zocalo writes "The BBC is carrying the story that agreements have been made to permit legal DVD copying for use on portable devices and The Register appears to have the same story too. While extremely light on details, the mention of Microsoft and AACS leads me to believe this has something to do with Microsoft's Janus system which has been discussed here before. Perhaps more interesting though is that Disney and Time Warner are apparently on board... Can it be that the MPAA has learnt a lesson from the RIAA's heavy handed tactics or has Microsoft convinced them that Janus will work, despite their recent record of bug free coding, and we're going to have a repeat of the DeCSS fiasco?"
See how the anti-slash website blows chunks. They're guilty of worse crap than they blame slashdot for.
What a bunch of retards. Check out the forums... they're unusable! (and not wide enough)
Similar w/ CD's (yes I still do buy music CD still). First thing I do is make a copy of the disc, and store the copy in my car. That way if someone were to steal my case of CDs, I would still have the originals.
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I must admit I haven't read about that MS-Janus-thingie. But that Name reminds me on the movie Judge Dredd, where Project Janus was a secret eugenics program, which went wrong.
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