Spielberg Bitten by DVD Encryption

diodesign writes "The Guardian newspaper has reported that 5000 DVD based preview copies of Spielberg's 'Munich' sent to reviewers in the UK can't be played due to the copy protection system involved. Human error at the laboratory where the DVDs were encrypted lead to the wrong region code being set, plus the reviewers use special players from Dolby that prevent the pirating of 'screeners'. An ironic twist in the on-going battle of DRM and media vs. consumers."

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Re:At least...

[Anonymous Coward]

At least it wasn't Jews.

Fuck Spielberg.

[Fantastic Lad]

Stevie boy can smell history on the wind, and he's been scrambling to position himself on the neo-con side of the ball park.

His last few films have been very much geared toward propping up the ideals of the state. --Painting the law to look like an immovable edifice we must all simply accept regardless of how fair or unfair the law really is. And that any defiance which happens, must do so within the boundaries set out by the law itself. --All the while, sending the message that deviating from those boundaries will inevitably lead to punishment, and that happiness and reward can only come when one gives up independence and chooses to align themselves with the state.

Both "Terminal" and "Catch Me If You Can" were deliberate bits of social engineering in the same spirit as, "Law & Order", designed to convey the "Resistance is Futile," message to the public. (Or as of late with L&O, "The State needs even more power and should allow prisoner abuse and torture because the bad guys are getting away!" Crap in both directions.) Either Spielberg was instructed to make his recent directorial choices, or he was showing just what a good and valuable little propagandist he can be, so please remember that when it comes time to ship off all the Jews to the new camps.

As for this latest offering, "Munich." From the IMDB. . .

"During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack."

Is there a pattern here?

Lucas's last three films may have been sloppy messes, but at least he was trying to illustrate and condemn the mechanics of fascism. Spielberg, by contrast, is just looking out for his Jewish rear-end. And this is the guy who directed Schindler's List! --It's easy to be a hero when the stakes are low, but when the fascists start to look real, that geek folds like a bad poker hand. --And right when people like Spielberg capable of pushing through films which could make a positive difference in the world.

I mean, for goodness sake! What kind of person makes a film to fuel public hatred of the Palestinians when Israel is in the middle of committing genocide on the Gaza Strip?

Spielberg, Schwarzenegger, Gibson. . . As the good guys from my childhood align themselves with the Beast, George Lucas, even with his madness, is looking better all the time!

-FL

Re:Not with Bafta it won't...

[krakelohm]

Not to fuel the fire here... but piracy is past the point of paranoia in my eyes. Do I think that a DVD should be $20.. no, but I also do not believe in stealing of that DVD because it is $20.