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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. Yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)

  2. OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post. this article 404'd for a while too. i creid.

  3. The Pope was right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hmmm, the Pope quotes one of his middle-ages predecessors while trying to make the point that violence is incompatible with the nature of God, so Muslims respond by shooting a nun volunteering at a hospital in Somalia and setting shit on fire. Is anyone still surprised? Someone farts in the same room as the Koran and Muslims go ape shit. Is anyone else getting tired of the manufactured outrage at the slightest perceived offense? The Pope tries to start an honest dialogue by stating that violence is irrational, and the people he's trying to dialogue with respond with their usual barbarism and ignorance. Anyone still think the West can resolve our differences with the Middle East through rational dialogue? If we can't even speak openly and honestly to each other without Muslims thowing a temper tantrum like the fucking spoiled rotten children of the world that they are, then what hope is there for rational conversation between the two cultures? Why should non-Muslims be forced to walk on egg shells and show all deference to Muslims when they consistently harass and persecute non-Muslims living among them? Fuck that bullshit! Is it really possible to reason with people who still think that chopping off a woman's clitoris is an appropriate way to keep her from cheating on her husband? Is it really possible to reason with people who murder homosexuals and who expel rape victims from their communities? I think not. Seriously, Muslims have about 300 more years of growth ahead of them before they're ready to participate in the affairs of the rest of the world.