DVDCCA wants DRM rules changed
p2pnet.net news:- A corporate entertainment consumer control group wants to change the rules governing how DRM is used under certain conditions.
Back in 2004, the so-called DVD Copy Control Association (DVDCCA) went after Kaleidescape, claiming because the company’s then $27,000 jukebox allowed users to rip DVDs to an internal hard drive, it was illegally violating the DVD CCA’s so-called Content Scramble System (CSS).
To the DRM association’s disgust, this March a judge ruled nothing in the DVDCCA licensing agreement prohibits the development of products which allow users to copy their DVDs, says CEPro, going on:
“As Kaleidescape CEO Michael Malcolm explains, ‘The DVD CCA went on a fishing expedition for three years, trying to find a breach’.”
In the end, he says, judge Leslie C. Nichols agreed, “nothing in the agreement prevents you from making copies of DVDs. Nothing requires that a DVD be present during playback.”
End of story?
Now the DVD CCA wants the rules changed. A proposed revision to the CSS license, “would completely ban all DVD backups, and prevent DVD playback without the DVD disk being present inside the drive,” says PC World.
“The terms of the amendment, formally referred to as the ‘Unknown Specification Amendment, are just a paragraph long, and would basically eliminate DVD copying of any form, whether for the purposes of fair use or not,” says the story.
The change is being demanded by Chris Cookson of Warner Bros, Ben Carr of Walt Disney Studios, Jeffrey Lawrence of Intel, Gabe Beged-Dov of Hewlett-Packard, David Harshman of Toshiba, and Andy Parsons of Pioneer Electronics, says Kaleidescape ceo Michael Malcolm, according to PC World, adding:
“The proposed amendment would also prohibit software manufacturers to create ‘virtual drives,’ running a DVD image from a hard drive.”
Also See:
rip DVDs – Hollywood nails Kaleidescape, December 9, 2004
CEPro – Kaleidescape Prevails in DVD Ripping Case, March 29, 2007
PC World – Proposed Amendment Would Ban All DVD Copying, June 20, 2007
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