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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. Are they trying to encourage piracy by clickclickdrone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because when it starts getting that hard to be honest..
    I buy loads of CDs from other countries, mainly US & Japan and if this will stop me being able to play them then sorry guys, I'm going to start to explore other avenues..

    --
    I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
    1. Re:Are they trying to encourage piracy by NinjaFarmer · · Score: 5, Funny

      My next house will have a faraday cage.

  2. hmm.... by Yahweh+Doesn't+Exist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    and everyone pays for a more expensive RFID-capable CD/DVD player because...?

  3. Dear hollywood by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Insightful

    NOBODY WANTS REGION CODING. (except the publishers)

    . The people who actally make the films really don't care. They get their royalties if the disc is bought in the US, Europe, Taiwan or anywhere else. They really just want to make a living doing what they love.

    The end users hate region coding. It means they often have to wait, often end up with an inferior version, and basically reduces consumer choice while increasing their costs.

    The manufacturers don't like region coding. It makes their players considerably less popular. They go to considerable lengths to find ways around the region coding requirement. Multi-region is a key selling point of a player to anyone with any interest in importing discs. They're going to do the ame thing to try to get around RFID chips. Or anything else you might like to try. And they're really not going to be happy about having to increase their costs to add an RFID reader. These companies are working on tiny margins. No matter how cheap, RFID readers will eat into this.

  4. 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)