Topic: MPAA and DVD Manufacturers Agree on HD-DVD Format

[Nemesis]

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Los Angeles, CA - The MPAA and an association of DVD manufacturers have finally agreed on a standard for high-definition DVDs. The new " Crystal" format provides unbreakable copy protection and Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) features.

"You cannot copy these new discs, even in a Linux machine," says Akita Niigata, a representative for Sony, who developed the discs.

[Javora]

Yeah well I'll wait and see on that one, I wouldn't put anything past the hacker community these days.  I don't think this will affect me anyway as I don't buy DVD's anymore.  If I want to see a movie I'll rent it at the video store.  There just isn't too many movies that I find worth seeing more than once.  Maybe if more people quit buying these things the industry may change their tune a little bit.

One thing though, HD-DVD was supposed to have a managed copy system where you could make a limited number of copies of that disk.  I guessing that part of the HD-DVD format got scrapped?  The only reason I remember that is because Bill Gates of all people was supporting that part of the HD-DVD format.

[MrCue]

Did you miss read the article, it was a joke.

Of course, some users might complain about the fact that there is no content on these discs, but we're certain our law-abiding customers will see that as a small price to pay for the security resulting from the advanced DRM

[Nemesis]

Did you miss read the article, it was a joke.

shhh!  I wanted to see how many I could catch

(I just couldn't resist posting that one)

[Javora]

Did you miss read the article, it was a joke.

Of course, some users might complain about the fact that there is no content on these discs, but we're certain our law-abiding customers will see that as a small price to pay for the security resulting from the advanced DRM

No just read the quote.  Didn't have time to read the article.  Just assumed the article post there was factual.
 

[Just plain old Punisher]

They didn't like my suggestion of having the disc explode after it was played, you know like in the mission impossible show.

::sigh::

Pussies.