Even if HDCP isn't broken they've left a gaping hole because CSS certainly is and so people can buy these combo discs and still pirate the DVD versions of movies using their DVD-RW drives like they are doing now.
Precisely the reason the triple-standard disks will not be adopted.
Ofcourse they are caught between a rock and a hard place - consumers don't want to upgrade from existing equipment that many of them think is good enough and the stuios want consumers to upgrade so that they can sell the same content again in a new format and control piracy more effectively - thus the combo disc.
This is contradictory. If the studios want to sell the same content again _and_ control piracy, what is the benefit of the standard DVD side? That's like a pair of prison-grade handcuffs with a gag-style release latch.
Regardless of what TFA says, there is almost no way these will market with commercial movies on them. No distributor would ever press their movies onto these; it's too much of a liability for the ever-profit-seeking studios, and negates the purpose of creating a new standard in the first place. If these see any shelf-time whatsoever, it will be as blank media. This seems a lot more useful from both the buyer and seller's standpoint. Burn a home movie or slideshow onto a tridisk, and no matter where you bring it, it will play.
Initially FTAs are about trade and import barriers, but exposing countries to the conditions of our economy through trade also exposes them to the conditions of our marketplace, and right now DRM is 'all the rage' amongst lawmakers.
You fail to remember that only crappy songs with the RIAA seal of approval are eligible for profit by litigation. The costs of such suits will almost certainly overshadow your capital + benefit from such a venture.
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Even if HDCP isn't broken they've left a gaping hole because CSS certainly is and so people can buy these combo discs and still pirate the DVD versions of movies using their DVD-RW drives like they are doing now. Precisely the reason the triple-standard disks will not be adopted. Ofcourse they are caught between a rock and a hard place - consumers don't want to upgrade from existing equipment that many of them think is good enough and the stuios want consumers to upgrade so that they can sell the same content again in a new format and control piracy more effectively - thus the combo disc. This is contradictory. If the studios want to sell the same content again _and_ control piracy, what is the benefit of the standard DVD side? That's like a pair of prison-grade handcuffs with a gag-style release latch. Regardless of what TFA says, there is almost no way these will market with commercial movies on them. No distributor would ever press their movies onto these; it's too much of a liability for the ever-profit-seeking studios, and negates the purpose of creating a new standard in the first place. If these see any shelf-time whatsoever, it will be as blank media. This seems a lot more useful from both the buyer and seller's standpoint. Burn a home movie or slideshow onto a tridisk, and no matter where you bring it, it will play.
Initially FTAs are about trade and import barriers, but exposing countries to the conditions of our economy through trade also exposes them to the conditions of our marketplace, and right now DRM is 'all the rage' amongst lawmakers.
You fail to remember that only crappy songs with the RIAA seal of approval are eligible for profit by litigation. The costs of such suits will almost certainly overshadow your capital + benefit from such a venture.