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Proposed Amendment Would Ban All DVD Copying

Posted by kdawson on from the not-your-bits dept.

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."

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  1. At last! by aadvancedGIR · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:At last! by Sciros · · Score: 5, Funny

      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.

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      I like basketball!!1!
  2. Re:the real reason for a drop in sales? by Sadko · · Score: 5, Funny
    Oh come on, there's some movies much better than "Saw 3"

    Thanks, thanks, be here all week