Proposed Amendment Would Ban All DVD Copying

Ynefel writes in with a PC Magazine article reporting that the DVD Copy Control Association is considering an amendment to the agreement equipment vendors must abide by, which would completely ban all DVD backups, whether fair use or not, and prevent DVDs from playing without the DVD disk being present in the drive. The amendment is being voted on imminently and if approved would go into effect within 18 months. Quoting: "The proposed amendment was made public in a letter sent by Michael Malcolm, the chief executive of Kaleidescape, a DVD jukebox company which successfully defeated a suit by the DVD CCA this past March."

Comments

At last!

[aadvancedGIR]

It might be the first solid argument I see to switch from DVD to BR.

Re:At last!

[Sciros]

If you are truly the Lord of Hyphens, you should say "hop-skip-and-a-jump." Right now you are the Lord of Plus Signs.

Re:At last!

[pushing-robot]

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Re:the real reason for a drop in sales?

[Sadko]

Oh come on, there's some movies much better than "Saw 3"

Thanks, thanks, be here all week

Re:the real reason for a drop in sales?

[Rik Sweeney]

go to your favorite movie rental place

Does Bittorrent count?

Re:You think you're joking, but you're not

[fbjon]

a relatively low-cost device that could be built into a DVD player, PVR, whatever, that could tell how many eyes were watching

I predict booming sales of sunglasses and ninja hoods.

Re:You think you're joking, but you're not

[hercubus]

OBLIG
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