Macrovision Applies for P2P Interdiction Patents

schmecky05 writes "From Macrovision, the folks whom recently mandated "Thou shalt delete content promptly from thy Tivo" come the following 2 USPTO patent applications for Peer to Peer interdiction methods: "Interdiction of unauthorized copying in a decentralized network" and "System and methods for communicating over the internet with geographically distributed devices of a decentralized network using transparent asymetric return paths." These patent applications describe (in pain staking detail) how Macrovision interdicts on Peer to Peer networks to prevent illegal copyrighted file sharing from many locations across the globe and avoid ban lists as well."

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pain staking

[utexaspunk]

(in pain staking detail)

painstaking?
pains taking?
pane steaking?

Macrovision the John Kerry of security?

[tankd0g]

Can anyone think of a product or scheme Macrovision has marketed in the last 5-10 years that has worked to block coping for more than a month or so? I see an increasing number of DVDs that are macrovision free. Are the publishers finally realizing that Macrovision is a scam and the only real accountable losses the studios can actually point to are the checks they write to Macrovision?