Sheesh.

[theweaselking]

Macrovision expected to announce new DVD copy protection scheme

The technology, called "RipGuard DVD," will be licensed to the company's partners - studios who are part of the Motion Picture Association of America, executives told ExtremeTech. RipGuard isn't foolproof, but the hope is that it will cut down on mainstream ripping, they said. The software will simply block rippers from working.

Macrovision claims that this new technology will not prevent any existing DVD players from reading the DVD information.

Macrovision's technicians appear to be relying on the MPAA remaining unaware of one simple fact: if it can be played, it can be copied. The only way to keep a file from being copied is to make it unreadable, and you're probably not going to get people paying $30 for coasters with a movie logo.

Comments

[ryusen.livejournal.com]

I wonder if this will be as easy as holding down the shift key or if you'll need to draw around the edge with a sharpie?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

If you had to hold down the shift key, you were an incompetent who liked the idea of waving bread at his kitchen in the hopes that it would select the correct implement to make toast.

(Oddly enough, it appears that auto-insert notification can no longer be universally disabled in XP.)

[ryusen.livejournal.com]

well, i've never actually bought CDs that had copyprotection. i'vve found all my CDs easy enough to rip.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I just really, really, really hate it when the computer thinks it knows what I want to do just because I've put media in the drive.

At least XP has the brains to ask me, have an option for "NOTHING, YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT", and "remember my answer for all media of this type".

[ryusen.livejournal.com]

heh .)