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Kaleidescape CEO Speaks Out About CSS Lawsuit
An anonymous reader writes "Engadget has an interview with Michael Malcolm, the CEO of Kaleidescape, which you might remember as the high-end DVD jukebox manufacturer that was sued by the DVD Copy Control Association for violating its CSS license.
Despite the fact that anyone who can afford a $27,000+ DVD jukebox also usually ends up buying
hundreds of movies to load onto it, the DVD-CCA wants
them to redesign the Kaleidescape to require the presence of
the physical DVD disc in the drive during authentication and playback.
Besides defeating the whole purpose of having a jukebox in the first
place (none of their jukeboxes allow for copying, streaming, or sharing
DVDs), Malcolm says he can't find any clause in their CSS license which
would require them to implement this "feature" anyway and they're about
to file a counter-action against the DVD-CCA."
I think DVD-CCA is indeed afraid of two billionaires swapping 78 pounds Kaleidescapes on their 50-foot yachts in the open sea.
With the proposed protection feature, they'll have to bring out their DVDs for the exchange too.
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
"a $27,000+ DVD jukebox"
Betcha cain't rest your beer on it and cry about yer lost love...
Gotta have Dolly parton onit...
You can't talk about Wikipedia's flaws on Wikipedia
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
Who gave DVD-CCA mod points?!?!
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
The newest ruling requires the whole cast and crew of a film to be present - living or deceased - in order to play a movie...
Though the requirement will be an adjustment for some, once viewers get used to handling shovels and arranging for flights and hotel stays, they should get back to just enjoying their films...
That's what the power companies do. They push the electrons through one way, then they reverse the flow and push the same electrons through the other way. You wind up paying for the same electrons over and over again. That's why Westinghouse won out over Edison. Westinghouse's operation was pure profit.
"I'm not impatient. I just hate waiting." - My Dad
An innovative startup company is being sued by Random House and other publishers for a product which can hold the text and figures of up to 500 books. Their new product stores the words and pictures of of up to 500 novels, paperbacks, or coffee table books and allows any one of the thousands of words and pictures to be accessed in an instant. Called the "bookshelf", the new product goes on sale starting at $49.99. Publishers complain that there is nothing to prevent the owner of this data-storage system from making photocopies of the books, lending the books , or reading the books and then selling them at a discount to others. The publishers claim that if the technology is not regulated, it has the, potential to destroy the publishing industry, leaving thousands of editors starving on the streets of New York.
This quote is the one that made me laugh out loud, and shows that we (meaning the Linux/Slashdot/techie crowd) just aren't getting through to the proper people so that changes can be made. [Note: TT is "The Tech" and JV is "Jack Valenti"]
During all his time presiding over the MPAA, he didn't even realize the enormity of the problem. That sends the message that word justisn't getting out. This case, should Michael Malcolm be successful and gain some ground, may finally allow Linux users to legally play DVD's they bought with their own money.