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HD DVD Player Delays in Japan
TheSync writes "EE Times is reporting that Toshiba is delaying introduction of HD DVD players in Japan because of the unavailability of Advanced Access Content System (AACS) DRM system licensing. The Register reports that Toshiba is still planning a late Q1 launch of HD DVD in the US." From the EET article: "Toshiba hoped to introduce HD DVD players by the end of 2005, ahead of Blu-ray Disc players, but decided in September to postpone the U.S. introduction until 2006. In July, IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Sony Corp., Toshiba, Walt Disney Company and Warner Bro. Studio formed the AACS Licensing Administrator (AACS LA) to develop license AACS technology. AACS LA has completed its version 0.9 of the technology."
How long will AACS keep HD DVD secure? Two weeks? Three? Place your bets, people! Closest to the mark wins, oh, I don't know, you think of something.
When they delay HD-DVDs because they can't get licensing for their DR-MMMMM! Now that! Is! Irony!
Lack of DRM? Impossible, this is 2005...
Sure, they could just borrow Sony's DRM technology.
Bradley Holt
It'll be due out in 2015 once all the standards, licensing, in-fighting and backstabbing is complete.
Sorry, typo...I mean 2051.
...a lawsuit?
After the Sony debacle, I'd bet they're a little more cautious about any auto-run software on the disks.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
I guess I have to get DVD-Jon something else for Christmas.
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