Give Your DVD Player The Finger

sebFlyte writes "Wired is reporting on some scary new DRM tech being developed. From the article: 'At the store, someone buying a new DVD would have to provide a password or some kind of biometric data, like a fingerprint or iris scan, which would be added to the DVD's RFID tag. Then, when the DVD was popped into a specially equipped DVD player, the viewer would be required to re-enter the data.'"

Comments

Re:fP?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh god enough with the stupid cliches! I don't believe anyone finds these funny anymore, well maybe the pre-pubescent portion of slashdot.. But no one else!

Yu0 f4il it!?

[Anonymous Coward]

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Okay

[Safety Cap]

Next you'll say something about "people who spill coffee shouldn't get $2 million" is FUD, because McDonalds' PR skillfully spun that story all out of proportion.

As if they'd do that. I mean, they already knew the coffee could char human flesh. Why would they lie and try to make it all the woman's fault for getting her flesh charred? Even though the Jury ruled that McDonalds was negligent?

Who are you going to believe? Some nice, benevolent corporation, or some stupid person who drinks shit coffee?

Re:THEY WANT TO PUT YOU IN JAIL BY DEFAULT!!!!

[shmlco]

because we might copy

Unfortunately, many people do copy them, and there's no way to tell the honest people from those less so. Locking up my house and car and setting the alarm every time I go someplace is a major inconvenience too, but it's a price I'm forced to pay to keep the thieves out.

Want no DRM? Simple. Just stop copying that to which you're not entitled. Piracy disappears and companies stop wasting millions of their dollars on DRM.

I'm not holding my breath, though...