Industry Group Would Permit (Some) DVD Copying

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 14, 2004 @06:57AM from the we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical dept.

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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Take Two by kfg · 2004-07-14 07:17 · Score: 0, Redundant

It means that they're planning on covering the bitter poison pill with a primary colored sugar coating that melts your fair use rights in their approved devices (with attached license fees) instead of remaining in your hands.

KFG