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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 couchslug · · Score: 1, Troll

    Just another reason to avoid theaters and download a ripped copy instead.

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