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Warner Bros. Accused of Pirating Anti-Pirating Tech

Posted by samzenpus on from the just-trying-it-out dept.

psycho12345 writes "German firm Medien Patent Verwaltung claims that in 2003, it revealed a new kind of anti-piracy technology to Warner Bros. that marks films with specific codes so pirated copies can be traced back to their theaters of origin. But like a great, hilariously ironic DRM Ouroborus, the company claims that Warner began using the system throughout Europe in 2004 but hasn't actually paid a dime for it."

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  1. Re:Old anti-piracy message on DVDs by VShael · · Score: 5, Informative

    I hope we all get the reference, but just in case...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg

  2. Re:Do as I say--- by Hurricane78 · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are only four big companies left in music business. And a colleague of mine personally worked with the bosses of all of them, when they were still five.

    And according to him, they actually ARE lying cocaine-snoring hooker-addicted thieves all alike. I mean for a fact.
    I would have no trouble stating that in public, as here it’s not illegal to state mere facts. I can easily prove them to be facts. :)

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    Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.