Intel Stands Up For Consumers in Next-gen DVD War

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 4, 2005 @06:48AM from the someone-has-to dept.

Sanity writes "According to a Macworld story, Intel is standing up for the interests of consumers in the war between Blue-ray and HD-DVD, by making its support for either format contingent on support for 'mandatory managed copy', the ability to copy content to 'home servers' so that it can be accessed from around the home. While it is refreshing to see someone consider the (often ignored) interest of consumers in the world of DRM, it appears that 'mandatory managed copy' will still allow content producers to limit what consumers can do with the content and equipment they own well beyond the limitations imposed by copyright law. Thus the question over DRM remains: should we be policed by our own property?"

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What's wrong with that? by Sycraft-fu · 2005-10-04 07:50 · Score: 0, Redundant

I'll bet you if I take an HDCAM and point it at a good HDTV, the resulting rip is so good you don't really care that it was made analogue.

Ok so right now that's impractical, HD cameras are pro only because of the cost. But for how long? DV has brought broadcast quality to the hands of consumers. It's comming with HD as well, and will probably be here before it gets adopted on a large scale.