Comments on: Hollywood DRM plan: put a Soc in it

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:52:19 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWPfcEOr2Yg

Another anti-piracy propaganda from the entertainment kartels

By: NiNeBaR

NiNeBaR — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:27:55 +0000

All they are gonna cause with this is , the General public are gonna have to pay thru the nose for services the pirates like to crak..and get 4 free…

this whole thing is a waste of trees….if the media priced its wares acordingly then there would not be such a high requirement for pirated,modded or subbed gear…

By: Spike

Spike — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:51:36 +0000

As we all seen before and this time wont be any different, once they get their foot in the door….. you get the idea.

First it’ll be on demand movies, then every PPV on Cable, then it’ll trickle down to the movie channels, then the sports leagues will get in on the idea, (especially the NFL), until this becomes so widespread that you cannot record anything on Cable anymore without getting the “rights” to do so first.

By: Spike

Spike — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:43:37 +0000

Furthermore I think its funny how everyone made a huge fuss about the digital TV over the air changeover.
Many hated having to get digital converter boxes or new televisions sets just to receive these new digital signals.

The cable companies were very swift to put on a huge advertising campaign showing how Cable subscribers wont
need any new equipment at all and to subscribe to Cable instead of keeping with OTA broadcast TV.

Now the MPAA are telling everyone they cannot use their old analog tube TV’s to watch movies on Cable anymore?

Its all one big pile of bullshit that I hope the FCC disallows once and for all.

By: Spike

Spike — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:05:23 +0000

As if people actually record from the analog outputs anymore. Its all about cracking the disk crypto or grabbing a copy of the latest insider leaked screener DVD.
Forcing HDMI/HDCP upon everyone is so useless and stops nothing. (Not like WE don’t realize this already)

I guarantee you *ALL* films will have widespread P2P availability before it *ever* shows up on the cable company ripoff Pay Per View.

By: EE

EE — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:47:27 +0000

There is almost no chance the FCC will allow this. Even if they do, it will be simple to defeat. I can think of three approaches without even looking at the technical specs of what they are proposing.

By: jon7272

jon7272 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:30:24 +0000

cut me off the net it will save me 100 bucks .and they think it will make me spend some of that hundred on movies hehehe i will watch my movies on hd pay tv and not go to the cinemas and not go to the video store

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:47:36 +0000

They think their losing their asses now?? Wait till this kicks in, NOBODY will be going to a movie, or buying DVDs.
This is more proof that the industries behind movies and music are trying really hard to commit SUICIDE!!

By: RIAA Hater

RIAA Hater — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:07:22 +0000

“Is the entertainment industry logical, Mister Spock?”

“No, Captain. Illogical and irrational.”

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:07:06 +0000

“I donât know why they are even bothering with this because the hackers will have it defeated in no time”

Because it’s not to keep people from pirating these movies, or to defeat hackers, it’s to get their toe in the door so that they can later push for more control over what people can and can’t record. Hackers will defeat it and pirates will still download, but the general public, who are generally dumb as a post about these types of things, will find themselves being more and more restricted.

Once the MPAA gets this allowed for early release movies, the regular PPV companies will be asking for it too. Then the pay cable channels will be knocking on the FCC’s door asking to be allowed to prevent people from recording their original shows. TV networks will follow later asking for permission to block the recording of specials and sporting events, like the Olympics, and so on.

This is just the first step in taking away the public’s right to time-shift programming so that the corporations can sell that ability back to them. “Record all the network TV you want for only $5 more a month!”

Sound paranoid? That’s what you would have said in 1980 if I’d told you that one day TV shows would have logos in the corner, popup ads across the botton of the screen, no closing music, unreadable credits and three times as many commercials. Wait and see…

By: Orbit

Orbit — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:25:52 +0000

I don’t know why they are even bothering with this because the hackers will have it defeated in no time

By: Qix

Qix — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:41:25 +0000

Wait, what?
I don’t know a single detail, but i can guarantee that it will be cracked. Fast. Like all other restrictive DRM, its only going to piss off their loyal customers. Not change a thing for ‘pirates.’

Its almost like they are TRYING to force everyone to pirate their stuff.