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DRM Flub Prevented 3D Showings of Avatar In Germany

Posted by timothy on from the token-of-our-appreciation dept.

Fraggy_the_undead writes "According to German IT news site heise.de, yesterday several 3D showings of Avatar couldn't take place (German; Google translation to English), because the movies were DRM protected such that there had to be a key per copy of the film, per film projector, and per movie server in the theater. The key supplier, by the name Deluxe, was apparently unable to provide a sufficient number of valid keys in time. Moviegoers were offered to get a refund or view an analogue 2D showing instead."

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  1. Re:Defective by Design by sbeckstead · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No it isn't you insensitive clod I make my living from those films thank you very much.

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  2. Re:not surprising by sbeckstead · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't care what you think of it we are not shipping first run theatrical resolution films unencrypted. Get over it people at this level encryption is here to stay.

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  3. Re:Defective by Design by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And, even in this economic climate, you in the film industry are still employed while we in the IT industry have our jobs farmed out to overseas sweatshops. Yeah, "piracy" is really threatening your industry isn't it?