Download And Burn Movies Available Soon

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article from PC World, a source close to the CSS Managed Recording forum said that technology which allows movies to be downloaded and burned to blank DVDs, using the same content-protection system as commercial discs, received official approval on Thursday. 'The technology will require discs that are slightly different from the conventional DVD-Rs found in shops today. The burned discs will be compatible with the vast majority of consumer DVD players ... Despite Thursday's approval, services that allow consumers to legally download and burn movies in their own homes are unlikely to appear quickly. The DVD CCA said it will be initially restricted to professional uses. These might include kiosks in retail stores where consumers can purchase and burn discs in a controlled environment.'"

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What?

[Anonymous Coward]

These might include kiosks in retail stores where consumers can purchase and burn discs in a controlled environment.

So, how is burning, ripping, and sharing... different than just sharing? Oh no, a $0.25 disc down the drain! Gotta buy DVD-RWs next time.

Yawn...

[Anonymous Coward]

The burned discs will be compatible with the vast majority of consumer DVD players ...

This is a lie. And if I learned something from history (and e.g. Sony advertising), then that this is a lie...

The DVD CCA said it will be initially restricted to professional uses. These might include kiosks in retail stores where consumers can purchase and burn discs in a controlled environment.

That's not professional use. It's a business model that will fail. If I learned something from history, then that this is one of the business models which fail because you don't confront paying customers with prison-vocabulary like "controlled environment".

Re:Ohhhhh

[Kjella]

Swing and a miss. nonstandard dvds, nice try, please come again.

Well, if I remember the way CSS works correctly then it's simply a matter of DVDs where sector 0 is writable. That was the way they prevent 1:1 copies.
Pressed disks, DVD masters: Sector 0 CSS key, Sector 1-whatever data.
Consumer disks: Sector 0 all zeros, Sector 1-whatever data.

So it's not as much "non-standard" as it's probably "Will be used to burn a movie and we'll charge you as much as one"...