Comments on: New copy-proof DVDs on the way?

Hackers broke through the antipiracy wrappers on DVDs years ago. Macrovision says it can now plug that hole--mostly.

[kevlar_t_hodgepodge]

i think there is a missed point here

In any industry you can argue weather or not money is being used as you wish it to be. To argue if people should be able to make money in the music industry, or how much money should be made is more appropriate than to argue if people should be able to protect intellectual property. Very few people I know have a problem with their favorite artists sitting on stacks of cash. I think most people agree that an artist should profit from their work if they wish to. Most people don?t like what they see as a disproportionate amount of the money going to ?the man?. I personally feel that a person should be able to create backup copies of any media if possible. It is my belief that when I give money to a retailer for a DVD, I?m paying for the content on the media, not the physical piece of plastic. It is a difficult issue to pin down with a simple set of rules. I think even most record industry executives would agree that if a person has children and they make a copy of a DVD so their children are able to enjoy the content without destroying the media, that?s ok. Also I think most people would agree that someone making 10000 copies of a DVD and selling it on the street is wrong. The problem is when you have 10000 people buying media and enjoying the content enough to want to expose their friends to it, so they make copies and give the to their friends. At that point, their friends already have the content, and media, and will more than likely not purchase it legally. In the distant future, I?m sure there will be some option to note who you gave copies of the media to, and have it recycle itself after a while. Then if the people like the content, they will need to buy the media. With the digital world evolving so fast, it wouldn?t shock me if people were eventually rewarded for sharing music as a form of pier to pier advertising. It would certainly be technically possible. As soon as a business plan can be developed showing a monetary benefit to pier to pier advertising, large companies will accept it.

[kevlar_t_hodgepodge]

i think there is a missed point here

In any industry you can argue weather or not money is being used as you wish it to be. To argue if people should be able to make money in the music industry, or how much money should be made is more appropriate than to argue if people should be able to protect intellectual property. Very few people I know have a problem with their favorite artists sitting on stacks of cash. I think most people agree that an artist should profit from their work if they wish to. Most people don?t like what they see as a disproportionate amount of the money going to ?the man?. I personally feel that a person should be able to create backup copies of any media if possible. It is my belief that when I give money to a retailer for a DVD, I?m paying for the content on the media, not the physical piece of plastic. It is a difficult issue to pin down with a simple set of rules. I think even most record industry executives would agree that if a person has children and they make a copy of a DVD so their children are able to enjoy the content without destroying the media, that?s ok. Also I think most people would agree that someone making 10000 copies of a DVD and selling it on the street is wrong. The problem is when you have 10000 people buying media and enjoying the content enough to want to expose their friends to it, so they make copies and give the to their friends. At that point, their friends already have the content, and media, and will more than likely not purchase it legally. In the distant future, I?m sure there will be some option to note who you gave copies of the media to, and have it recycle itself after a while. Then if the people like the content, they will need to buy the media. With the digital world evolving so fast, it wouldn?t shock me if people were eventually rewarded for sharing music as a form of pier to pier advertising. It would certainly be technically possible. As soon as a business plan can be developed showing a monetary benefit to pier to pier advertising, large companies will accept it.

[an.it.professional]

What a joke

Blu Ray,DVD,CD...
Copy Portection on all.
Cracked in weeks.
When will these companies realise???
Anything that can be encrypted can be decrypted.
Blu Ray lasted what.. 2 weeks?
Makes me laugh.
If you charge 1/3 the price for a cd, dvd or to go to the movies, then you will get results.
Or maybe if you payed the actors feasible amounts instead of 10,20,30 million for 1 friggin movie, you may not have t charge so mch to male your money back.
Hollywood is run by fools and daydreamers, who have about the same grip on reality as an ex hippy addicted to shrooms.

[an.it.professional]

What a joke

Blu Ray,DVD,CD...
Copy Portection on all.
Cracked in weeks.
When will these companies realise???
Anything that can be encrypted can be decrypted.
Blu Ray lasted what.. 2 weeks?
Makes me laugh.
If you charge 1/3 the price for a cd, dvd or to go to the movies, then you will get results.
Or maybe if you payed the actors feasible amounts instead of 10,20,30 million for 1 friggin movie, you may not have t charge so mch to male your money back.
Hollywood is run by fools and daydreamers, who have about the same grip on reality as an ex hippy addicted to shrooms.