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Disney Encrypting Screener DVDs to Prevent Piracy

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the this-dvd-will-self-destruct-in-five-seconds dept.

Sascha J. writes "Disney is continuing their war against piracy. To their Oscar reviewers they now send out special encrypted DVDs, which can be played only on a DVD player of the "Cinea" series. From the article: "The DVD players are encoded with recipients' names, and screeners sent to those people are specifically encrypted so they can be seen only on those particular DVD players." Yet, Disney is alone on this. Sony and Universal Pictures said they won't follow that step."

6 of 262 comments (clear)

  1. My thought by cuerty · · Score: 5, Funny

    Making movies almost imposible or very hard to view for reviewers it's the best marketing choice.

    Yeah, take this as irony.

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  2. Disney? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because Pirates just can't resist a 0-day release of Cinderella.

  3. Sony & Universal are no better... by Brent+Spiner · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sony and Universal Pictures said they won't follow that step
    No, I hear that Sony and Universal are making the reviewers watch the movies from jail, and letting them out when the movie is officially released.
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  4. Re:So the Academy is the pirate syndicate? by rjw57 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I put my mind to it I think I could figure out who one person is who would actually get one of these DVDs and that's because my brother taught the guy golf lessons a few years back. ...

    The odds of actually knowing who would have one of these and actually be able to get your hands on it is just about impossible.

    Haven't you just about disproved your own existence?

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  5. Secure delivery by Centurix · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they're going to this much length to protect their content, they should just get a bunch of armed security guards to personally deliver the DVD within a sealed DVD player chained to his arm. Train the security guard on how to plug the thing directly into a TV.

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  6. Re:Idea by glesga_kiss · · Score: 5, Funny
    sod the oscars. Let the people decide! This is America aint it?

    Yeah! Lets make the oscars once every four years and only allow two crap movies to enter!! ;-)