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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."
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."
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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The supermarket chain. Ubiquitous, cheap, and very, very, very rich.
I find ASDA (now owned by WalMart) cheaper than Tesco... in fact I find Netto, Iceland and Little cheaper than Tesco.
Just as an example I just bought a bag (800 gr) of prawns at £4 at iceland. That is the same price as in Mexico where I bought 1K for MX$100 which is roughly equal to £5.34995 acording to Xe.com , So I can say that they where cheaper in UK than in Mexico (of course the iceland ones where frozen and the Mexico ones where fresh just out of the water).
Anyway... I am way off topic but yes, I also find interesting why would they add region code to a encrypted DVD that can only be played by a small number of special DVD players...
And yes I am glad it happened, again the only thing that will happen is that the reviewers will be bothered and the people who really wants to pirate the movies will find the way to do it.
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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.
So, Tesco is the Wal-Mart of the UK?
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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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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?