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New DRM Scheme To Make Current DVD Players Obsolete

Posted by michael on from the happy-happy-joy-joy dept.

Oneflower writes "ExtremeTech reports that a proposed new DRM scheme could make current DVD players obsolete. The scheme, from Hewlett-Packard and Philips, targets DVD+R and DVD+RW and is an attempt to enforce the FCC broadcast flag on DVD recorders."

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  1. If the eye can see it, or the ear can hear it.... by SirFozzie · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It can be recorded/copied.

    When are they going to learn?

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  2. Re:Oh the irony by nightsweat · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Horseshit.

    The media companies are trying to find ways to curtail not just piracy but legitimate fair use. They fought VCR's when they first came out and the movie studios fought television when it first came out.

    They are short sighted and almost always fight what ends up making them a lot of money when they lose. The danger is they may not lose this time.

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  3. I don't have a DVD player... by hal2814 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...you insensitive clod.

    I'm still waiting for two features they never brought over from VHS:

    1. A format that will ALWAYS fast forward when I hit the fast forward button. (same with rewind)
    2. A format that will withstand the destructive force of a toddler. (Though I do applaud the DVD's resistance to heat from a car.)

    If this new-fangled DRM standard player would provide me with those things (and have a low cost), I'd look into buying one. I'm not holding my breath.

  4. Re:The market will decide... by Inda · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Do you know who we have to thank for the fact the every DVD player sold in the UK is multi-region?

    Tescos, Asda Walmart and Sainsburys.

    The supermarkets have reputations to keep. If the average shopper cannot play every disk under the sun then he returns the DVD player with no questions asked. He also grumbles about the supermarket to all his friends in the traditional British way.

    Tescos want everyone to be happy with their purchases. They want everyone to be happy with their cheap 30 pound player. Everyone is happy, including me.

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