Posted on 02/15/2005 9:07:16 AM PST by RicocheT
Macrovision is expected to release a new DVD copy-protection technology Tuesday in hopes of substantially broadening its role in Hollywood's antipiracy effort.
The content-protection company is pointing to the failure of the copy-proofing on today's DVDs, which was broken in 1999. Courts have ordered that DVD-copying tools be taken off the market, but variations of the software remain widely available online.
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I give it 3 weeks, tops, until some kid cracks it.
Name one, just one, anti-piracy technology that hasn't been cracked by enterprising teenagers...
I had that very thought. You know, the problem here is that the digital world offers so many challenges and opportunities for clever people who wish to showcase that cleverness. I suppose that it's really just an ego thing, but that doesn't make it any less a crime.
I have a DVD copying question I hope someone can answer. What stops me from using a DVD burner to copy a DVD image to another DVD? How would encryption stop me? If I made a exact copy of the DVD image how would my DVD player know the difference?
I meant can you stop a TIVO from receiving firmware upgrades and still have it function.
There is, and never will be, a "copy-proof" DVD.
A DVD is nothing but a megatude of binary codes which can be reduced to a single number made up of an extremely large string of 1's and 0's. This string of 1's and 0's is what a DVD player needs to know to play the movie and is also the same string of 1's and 0's needed to make an exact digital copy. Any DVD that can be played, will be able to be copied with relative ease and with the help of fast acting computer geeks, in a manner that can be made user friendly.
Cable boxes tamper resistant for ages? I don't think so ...
The real crooks in this sorry scenario are not the hackers and crackers that download music and videos illegally, but Hollywood itself. Built into their business model is the extraordinary excesses that find their way into movie, rock, and athletic star's pockets so that they can lead a life style far more affluent than any emperor throughout history, i.e. Michael Jackson as but one lone example.
When we pathetic schmucks stop subsidizing that corrupt system by buying that Hollywood drivel will prices come down to more realistic levels so that illegal consumer behavior will become diminimus...but I'm not holding my breath!
Well if you want to play DVDs from different regions without having them blocked by your DVD player, first you have to get a different DVD player:
http://www.lfvw.com/dvd_players.html
Code free DVD Players. This is no scam. Order now before they get shut down by some over-eager regulatory body.
The new DVD's weigh 80 pounds and are 18" thick with a diameter of around 2'...
Not dead, but slow to market. The HDTiVo is supposed to be out next year.
Well that would make it difficult.
I have it. Or do you mean that it's out of print? Or is region "0"?
Since players are available for less than $40 I suppose I could get one just for out of region DVDs.
Get one. They're really are cheap and it beats waiting for a US release that may never come.
Tivo is history, and so are these DVRs bundled with the cable boxes. There are going to be so many restrictions built into them regarding what you can record, even to the point of having self destruct timers built into some recorded programs - that it isn't going to be worth it.
These DVRs with recordable DVD drives are the way to go, the newer ones will have access to TV guide program lineups. They still have some copy restrictions in them, but at least its reasonable and the cable company or TIVO isn't re-flashing them when Jack Valente commands it.
It's not tamper-proof, but that's not the object. The object is to raise the barrier to keep all but the most dedicated from getting in there and messing around.
but the only thing the media comapnies worry about is whether that technology is easily accessible by the "masses". the average person isn't going to search the internet for software hacks and DVD player flashes, they will just swallow whatever is commercially available. if 1% of the people engage in defeating this, the media companies have achieved their goal.
Or will it just not play on any DVD Players or Computers...
bttt for later read.
So when you burn your pirated movies onto DVD for watching on your home system, make sure you add region 1 encoding. QED.
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