DVDs, Blu-Rays To Show 20-Second Unskippable Govt. Warnings

bonch writes "DVDs and Blu-Rays will begin displaying two unskippable anti-piracy screens, each 10 seconds long, shown back-to-back. Six studios have agreed to begin using the new notices. Of course, pirated versions won't contain these 20-second notices; however, an ICE spokesman says the intent isn't to deter piracy but to educate the public."

Comments

Re:Twenty Seconds?

[mark-t]

I presume, then, that you perceive of lineups at a cashier as actively punishing people who choose to purchase items in the store instead of shoplift?

That's a pretty interesting world view you have there.

But in the case of DVD's, you'll actually spend orders of magnitude more time and effort pirating it than you would have spent simply sitting through the warning. I trust you realize what such a choice of actions makes you look like.

Re:Educate the public?

[Trogre]

Please don't compare downloading movies with drug use. It's really not helping anybody.