[durasell]

By the way, my bet is that if there is technology that will sanitize DVDs (i.e., on the DVD player), Hollywood would lobby congress to block it even though a buyer of a DVD has the right to alter the DVD for his or her own use.




Probably not because it increase their market and adds value to their product.

[Hendrix]

"Probably not because it increase their market and adds value to their product."

If that were true, then Hollywood would not mind what is being done now. Hollywood could sell more DVDs if it made sanitized versions, but it refuses to do so based on principal (that no one dare change their art). Hollywood will try to block any technology that allows a buyer to skip parts of its movies. Watch and see.

[FreedomCalls]

Probably not because it increase their market and adds value to their product.

You are wrong in that assumption.

Hollywood riled up over ClearPlay

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Studios and filmmakers are stunned that someone not involved in the creative process could technologically chip away at their work — and make money at it. So lawsuits aiming to get the processes deemed illegal are underway.

It no longer matters anyway as Congress passed a law legalizing ClearPlay's technology. But the studio's were opposed to it (and still are), market share be damned).