I am trying to understand the DVD thing. I think that their (The evil corporate media empire, if you like) argument is something like this:
DVD's are regionally encoded (ie. A DVD sold in N. America will only work with a DVD player sold in N. America). DeCSS would allow a company in a country with lax intellectual property laws to buy a N. American or European DVD, DeCSS it, ReCSS it in their own region and start printing DVD's. Of course that company could always get a local DVD and raw copy it, but maybe movie companies like to release DVDs in one region before another.
Do you think that this is accurate?
It seems to me that CSS was a poor scheme to begin with. Now that the cat is out of the bag they are mad and looking to blame someone.
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I am trying to understand the DVD thing. I think that their (The evil corporate media empire, if you like) argument is something like this:
DVD's are regionally encoded (ie. A DVD sold in N. America will only work with a DVD player sold in N. America). DeCSS would allow a company in a country with lax intellectual property laws to buy a N. American or European DVD, DeCSS it, ReCSS it in their own region and start printing DVD's. Of course that company could always get a local DVD and raw copy it, but maybe movie companies like to release DVDs in one region before another.
Do you think that this is accurate?
It seems to me that CSS was a poor scheme to begin with. Now that the cat is out of the bag they are mad and looking to blame someone.