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Film Studios Sue Samsung Over DVD players

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the day-late-and-a-dollar-short dept.

Lam1969 writes "The Korea Times reports that five U.S. film studios have taken Samsung to court for selling DVD players which allow users to bypass DRM features. The film companies, including Walt Disney and Time Warner, are demanding Samsung recall the players. According to a Samsung spokesman quoted in the article, the movie studios probably 'take issue' with Samsung's HD841 model, which Samsung sold in the United States for five months in 2004."

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  1. Use commas ;) by Tranvisor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Commas are used as decimal separators in the English language. Periods are used over in Europe.

    Ex. 15 million = 15,000,000 not 15.000.000 :)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_(punctuation)#N umbers

  2. Re:Explaining DRM to a 2 year old by LarsWestergren · · Score: 1, Troll

    There was a 2 and a half minute non-skipable copyright notice before the main feature.
    You try explaining that one to a 2 year old...

    Ok, the texts are annoying, and I just whined a bit about that myself further down, but come on. A two year old, just play a bit with him as the texts roll by. Make funny faces, toss a ball, tickle him.

    If waiting 2,5 minutes for a film to start seems unbearable to him, should he even be watching TV?

    --

    Being bitter is drinking poison and hoping someone else will die

  3. Re:typical.. by CuteGeekChick · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you're in the bay area, this guy has heaps of them second hand (and in excellent condition) for around the $35 mark.