DRM Flub Prevented 3D Showings of Avatar In Germany

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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Re:not surprising

[sbeckstead]

Do you really expect a studio to ship a theatrical resolution first run movie unencrypted? I have this bridge in Brooklyn for sale...