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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. Do as I say--- by Darth+Sdlavrot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    not as I do.

    1. Re:Do as I say--- by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Insightful

      We need to go back to the ideals of the revolution, where everyone was treated equally under the law. WB's executives should be tarred and feathered.

      Fixed that for you :)

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      We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
    2. Re:Do as I say--- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Well that's how feudalism works - one set of laws for the serfs and another set for the masters. We need to go back to the ideals of the revolution, where everyone was treated equally under the law. WB should be fined several million dollars.

      Close, but not quite. Warner Brothers should be abolished because no abstract entity should have the rights and privileges of being a human being if it cannot also be punished in the same way (including imprisonment and death).

    3. Re:Do as I say--- by ekgringo · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Actually, using the MPAA's example, wouldn't it be more like $100k per person per viewing?

    4. 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.
  2. Ouroborus by Hinhule · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://ayakofansubs.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/1267146748914.jpg :)

  3. Old anti-piracy message on DVDs by Hoplite3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Cue loud music, set chapter to be un-skippable)

    Hey, WB:

    You wouldn't snatch a purse.

    You wouldn't steal a car.

    So don't don't illedally download ... er, steal others intellectual property.

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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

  4. Translation by codeButcher · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Medien Patent Verwaltung" translates to the English "Media Patent Administration". They don't even concatenate it to one word, as one would expect from normal German grammar - looks like it came straight out of translate.google.com.

    Now I wonder what the German word for "patent troll" would be.... Hmmm, the German wikipedia article has various translations, I like "Patentparasit" best.

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  5. Not fair by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Warner Brothers and other studios paid good money for those Congressmen, it's hardly fair that they should turn around and make laws that could be used *against* the studios. I may be old, but I remember a time when Congress used to respect its bribes.

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  6. Re:Novel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Easy fix: only add fake dead end streets to read dead end streets, so the fake dead end only comes into play if your directions tell you to go to the end of a dead end street and continue on.