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SVP : More Video Anti-Copying Technology

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they're-against-otan dept.

rkroetch writes "NDS, STMicroelectronics and Thomson have announced they will develop a new anti-piracy technology called SVP (Secure Video Processor). This will require a special SVP processor in the box to play the encrypted video signal. All those licensing fees for our DVD-ROMs for nothing?"

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  1. So by thegoogler · · Score: 5, Informative

    How long is it going to take for some malaysian company to make a PCI card with the required chip on it?

  2. Re:I don't understand... by Moridineas · · Score: 5, Informative

    FWIW, piracy as a term used to describe illegal copying of works goes back to the 1600's with written examples, and indications that the term had been adopted earlier. This is hardly a new term.