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DVDs w/ Built in USB Ports for Copy Protection

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the april-fools-coming-early-this-year dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Aladdin has come up with a new way of restricting the data stored on optical discs. It's 'XCD' format has a chip built directly into the disc and which fits into a USB port. So, a user needs to plug the disc into their computer to access a cryptophic key before being able to use the data stored on the disc (presumably in some sort of proprietary player)."

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  1. Why Not a Giant Padlock by SRA8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not place a giant padlock and chains all over it?

  2. Should spin fine at 40x by LividBlivet · · Score: 5, Funny

    For about a second.