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RFID To Track Play of DVDs And CDs?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the long-arm-of-DRM dept.

jayp00001 writes, "A Taiwan-based maker of DVDs and CDs for major studios is about to begin putting RFID chips in disks. The eventual aim is for DVD and CD players equipped with an RFID reader to prevent copied or out-of-region disks from being played."

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  1. Warning Label by celardore · · Score: 4, Informative

    As long as they include a warning label on the CD case (like the 'copy protected' ones), so we can choose not to buy it that will be fine.

  2. Re:What a bargain by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Informative

    Costs more, does less.

    Sony ... is that you?

    Seriously, I've always told my friends to steer away from name-brand dvd players for exactly that reason. My supposedly crappy Apex is region-free out of the box, plays everything I can throw at it, and "just works". Other brands that my friends and relatives bought AFTER I WARNED THEM NOT TO just don't.

    And when I go "I told you so" they go "yeah, but its a name brand and it costs more. It SHOULD work better."

    People don't listen. The worst part ... when their name brand unit dies ... AND THEY DO IT AGAIN! Rrrrr! (And its not even Talk Like A Pirate Day until tomorrow)

  3. Article at ArsTechnica doubts if it will work by Krishna+Dagli · · Score: 4, Informative

    New chip to thwart DVD piracy is a long way off and faces considerable challenges