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Here We Go Again — Video Standards War 2010

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the there-is-always-a-war-somewhere dept.

Andy Updegrove writes "Think of the words 'standards war,' and if you're of a certain age you're likely to think of the battle between the Betamax and VHS video tape formats. Fast forward, and you'll recall we just finished another video standards war between most of the same companies, this time between HD DVD and Blu-ray. Well, here we go again, except this time its the movie studios that are duking it out, and DRM issues are a big part of it. On the one side are five of the six major studios, dozens of cable, hardware, software, distribution and device vendors, and on the other side there's just Disney — and maybe Apple as well, and that's enough to have the other side worried."

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  1. Hang on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How is this going to affect torrents except now we'll have to wait for one of two useless DRM schemes to be stripped away?

    1. Re:Hang on... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

      You say that now, but once they get a system like that that just works.

      I can count the number of DRM systems that "just work" on less than one finger.

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    2. Re:Hang on... by houstonbofh · · Score: 2, Funny

      You say that now, but once they get a system like that that just works. It'll have a real shot as your average Joe is easily parted from their money for the sake of convenience.

      And once I find a nice, honest, loyal and stable stripper to love me I will be a happy man.

      I think that is more likely than easy Linux support for this scheme.

  2. Re:And the winner is... by click2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The backside

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  3. Re:KeyChest isn't "DRM", at least on the file leve by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you are saying it will play for sure.

  4. Awesome! by zmollusc · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't wait for this. When I buy a bluray film I will then be able to download the film to my iPhone and my netbook. Well, I will if iTunes and whoever also stock the film. And, of course the downloads may well be heavily censored versions of the film because you can't expect them to stock everything. Oh, and there will be lots of targetted ads that i can't ffwd through pasted into the films. Oh, yeah, and the netbook will have to be trusted so cannot be using that evil linux operating system.

    But that aside, yay, woo, I have my credit card ready.

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  5. Damn you LISP... by Stick32 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unfortunately, I only made it halfway through the article before I had to stop due to an unmatched '(' this 'bugged' me to the point I just had to quit reading...