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Watching DVDs on Linux is (mostly) illegal

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 01:47:22 +0000

The most common, free method of watching a video DVD on Linux actually circumvents the CSS protection on the disc, which is technically illegal under the DMCA in the United States Read more...

More anti-piracy warnings coming to DVDs and Blu-Rays

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:36:35 +0000

If you love the anti-piracy warnings that come up before you can watch a movie or TV series that you've just paid for, you're in luck: two new unskippable notices are being rolled out right now! Read more...

Microsoft And Amazon Team Up On High-Def DVDs

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:18:43 +0000

Amazon.com and Microsoft have announced the 1,000 HD DVD Indies Project: an effort to make it easier for independent filmmakers to produce and distribute movies in high-definition. Amazon's CustomFlix unit plans to bring as many... Read more...

AACS Copy Protection For DVDs Defeated Again

Fri, 18 May 2007 22:34:39 +0000

Digital rights management has suffered another setback when Antigua-based software company SlySoft reportedly updated its AnyDVD HD software with a new AACS encryption code to enable the copying of ostensibly protected HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs.... Read more...

Chips on DVDs could prevent theft

Wed, 09 May 2007 23:06:07 +0000

New technology in the form of a chip smaller than the head of a pin will supposedly thwart DVD theft since the discs are unplayable until they're activated at the cash register. A thin coating... Read more...

Court Ruling Could Crimp Security Features In Next-Gen DVDs

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:38:22 +0000

A judge has ruled that Kaleidescape Incorporated did not breech its contract with the DVD Copy Control Association over its use of the consortium's Content Scramble System and due to poor wording in the documents... Read more...

Blu-ray aims to oust DVDs within three years

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:02:08 +0000

"Within three years it will just be Blu-ray," Frank Simonis, the Blu-ray Disc Association's European chairman, said at the CeBIT technology trade show. Blu-ray, which offers 25GB per layer for storing high-definition films and other... Read more...

Burn DVDs slowly, warns Microsoft

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:52:56 +0000

Microsoft is advising Vista beta testers to burn their downloaded ISOs as slowly as 1X or 2X to avoid corrupted media. It says that its failure telemetry data is showing that three quarters of failed... Read more...

MPAA training police dogs to sniff out DVDs

Steven Parker — Thu, 11 May 2006 10:03:54 +0000

Thanks davemania for linking this story in our Back Page News section of the forums. The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), express delivery company FedEx and HM Revenue & Customs, has joined forces to launch... Read more...

PowerUser.tv Ep 18: DVDs, the ESRB, PC VS. Console & More!

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:25:28 +0000

This week the gang at PowerUser.tv discuss the future of television and thewatchers of television; building a better couch potato. Also thechemistry of love, high definition DVDs and holographic discs, andthe recent patent... Read more...

China to Have Their Own Next Gen DVDs

Joe Cashman — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:35:06 +0000

China have been given the approval by the DVD Forum, the international DVD standard authority. The DVD Forum gave Chinese engineers the option to develop their own China-based format, which will rid having to pay... Read more...

High Definition DVDs Ready for Production

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:38:47 +0000

A consortium of manufacturers has announced its readiness to begin volume production of high definition recordable DVDs (HD DVDs). The first HD DVDR discs will go on sale next year, at around the same time... Read more...

French Ban DRM on DVDs

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:01:31 +0000

A French court has ruled that DRM softwre preventing DVDs from being copied is illegal. A court of appeal decided that the use of the software banned owners from making copies of the products they... Read more...

Self-Destructing DVDS to Reach More People

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:56:26 +0000

The Christmas-themed movie "Noel" most likely won't be coming to a theater near you — but if you miss it on cable, there's always the self-destructing DVD. The movie's producers hope its "trimultaneous" roll... Read more...

DVDs will be obsolete in 10 years: Bill Gates

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:58:34 +0000

Bill Gates shares his vision for a future free of DVDs. He views a television that shows the user what they want to see, when they want to see it. Is Bill Gates... Read more...

High-Definition DVDs Prepare for Battle

Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:24:10 +0000

One day, you'll watch movies at home on 5-inch discs that make today's DVDs look like VHS. We know the basic technology that will make this happen: blue-light lasers that increase disc capacity, allowing one... Read more...

HP, Philips Develop DRM for DVDs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 09:52:23 +0000

Industry heavyweights Hewlett-Packard and Koninklijke Philips Electronics are joining forces to develop new copy protection technology for DVD optical discs, the companies have announced. The two companies have agreed to jointly develop technology that will... Read more...

CDs and DVDs are 'doomed'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 02 Sep 2003 14:33:21 +0000

CDs and DVDs are doomed - so say those soothsayers at Forrester, who reckon that the "end of physical media is nearing". Forrester reckons that a third of all music sales will be made by... Read more...

Self-destruct files to secure DVDs, CDs

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:35:05 +0000

If technology firms like Sony and Microsoft have their way, songs and movies will expire after a single play -- unless you pay the copyright holder their due. The technology that makes this... Read more...

Malaysian govt tells public to quit buying CDs, DVDs

Mon, 02 Jun 2003 14:25:21 +0000

If the music and movie industry won't lower the price of CDs and DVDs, there's only one thing to do: punters should stop buying them. Just ask the Malaysian government. This week,... Read more...

Disney to slip DVDs a Mickey

Fri, 16 May 2003 23:51:04 +0000

That is the warning Walt Disney will issue this August when it begins to "rent" DVDs that are set to become unplayable after two days and that therefore do not have to be returned. ... Read more...

2M DVDs to Promote Xbox in Europe

Marcel Klum — Sat, 28 Dec 2002 14:12:03 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is giving away 2 million DVDs in Europe, featuring a film showing teens indulging in sports and pastimes such as biking and skateboard. The DVD offers an interactive tour where viewers click on... Read more...

Electronic Frontier Foundation pushes for ban on regional DVDs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:36:28 +0000

GINGER GROUP the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said today it is pushing the US Library of Congress, North America's copyright "watchdog" to accept that people be allowed to skip "commercials" on DVD and also watch DVDs... Read more...

Britney, 'NSync to play on tiny DVDs

Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:00:52 +0000

Start-up DataPlay said Tuesday that it has signed a deal with independent label Zomba Recording to offer new albums by artists such as Britney Spears and 'NSync on miniature discs. Boulder, Colo.-based... Read more...

20 DVDs on one CDR?

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:52:05 +0000

ok cheers NewsGeek, I waited for some more light to be thrown on the subject, but this one keeps popping up, so here goes. Blurb: This is an article in a big... Read more...