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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?"

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  1. first posrt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post

    1. Re:first posrt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  2. "recent record of bug free coding"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, now I get it.

    1. Re:"recent record of bug free coding"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I see the moderators are really on the ball with this one!

  3. hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post faggots

    1. Re:hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  4. anti-anti-slash jihad underway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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)

  5. TROLLS:www.kuro5hin.org accepting new users again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/7/13/13147/8165

    Yes that's right, my fellow flooders, trolls, and other assorted Internet miscreants! Once again we are free to harass Rusty and all the other assholes at www.kuro5hin.org. They act so high-and-mighty, believeing themselves to be above the "riffraff" here at Slashdot. Let's give them what for! Page-widening spam... links to unscrupulous Javascript websites... links to well-disguised porn sites... photoshopped images of Rusty's wife... ALL BETS ARE OFF!!!!! Go for it!!!!

  6. Re:Personal use by UnixRawks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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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  7. Janus... well... by Silas+is+back · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    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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  8. Re:comn' first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic