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Spielberg Bitten by DVD Encryption

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the roll-your-eyes dept.

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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  1. Re:bad luck? by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Someone pushed the wrong button," she said. "It was a case of rotten bad luck."

    Is this a trial balloon for the excuse Bush will trot out for starting the next nuk-ul-ar war? "I pushed the wrong button," Bush said. It was a case of rotten bad luck."

  2. Re:Everyone In The UK Has Region Free Players Anyw by meringuoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    you ca walk into Tescos (a supermarket chain)

    Not just a supermarket chain. The supermarket chain. Ubiquitous, cheap, and very, very, very rich. I remember reading that something like one pound in every five spent at retail stores by the British public went to Tesco. This is the chain that's pushing cheap far-eastern region-free DVD players.

    Just to underline the point for you all there. Multiregion DVD players are definitely not hard to get hold of.

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  3. Re:Everyone In The UK Has Region Free Players Anyw by Proud+like+a+god · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I believe it was 1 in 8 pounds actually, though I have no reference. I think it was in a Sky News Active article a while back.

  4. Re:Everyone In The UK Has Region Free Players Anyw by n6kuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, Tesco is the Wal-Mart of the UK?

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  5. Re:Everyone In The UK Has Region Free Players Anyw by operagost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is Tesco also considered mega-evil like many see Wal-Mart in the USA? I mean, to hear some of these folks the CEO must close every board meeting by placing his pinky next to his mouth and cackling madly. And they claim Sam Walton is kept in a vacuum-sealed coffin in the town square of Benton, AK.

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  6. Re:Everyone In The UK Has Region Free Players Anyw by bloodstains · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As an American I don't understand these stores. I went to one in London which was pretty much the same as a Grocery store. I also went to one in Prague that was like a convenience store appended to a department store appended to a discount store appended to a drug store. Are they all so dissimilar or was this because of cultural differences between Czech Republic and the UK?