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Re: What is this nonsense? (Anti DVD piracy chip)
At 02:16 PM 9/13/96 +0200, Gary Howland wrote:
>Taken from a recent Edupage:
>
>> SGS-THOMSON TAKES AIM AT DVD PIRACY
>> SGS-Thomson Microelectronics has developed a computer chip that prevents
>> would-be DVD pirates from making unlawful copies of movies from digital
>> video disc players. The chip scrambles the disk's coding if it's
duplicated
>> on a VCR. (Investor's Business Daily 11 Sep 96 A6)
>
>Anyone know anything about this? Sounds like nonsense to me ...
Probibly a variation on the Macrovision copy protection scheme. Of course
they do not care that such copyprotection methods usually cause a loss in
signal quality. (Which is why people buy laser discs in the first place.)
Hopefully it will be something that never succeeds in the marketplace.
(Although i expect it to be imposed whether the consumer wants it or not or
how bad it screws up the signal.)
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