Hollywood sues Samsung
p2p news / p2pnet: Sony may be getting away with it vis-à-vis camcorders and burners, but Hollywood isn’t allowing Samsung to make DVD players which allegedly allow users to, "avoid encryption features that prevent unauthorized duplication," says the Korea Times, quoting Bloomberg News.
Over the weekend, Bloomberg reported Walt Disney, Time Warner and three other major film makers, "filed the lawsuit against Samsung in U.S. court," says the story, going on:
"In response, Samsung refused to confirm the high-profile suit that involves Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios on top of Disney and Time Warner. ‘In fact, we do not exactly know the contents of the lawsuit and the intention of the plaintiffs. We have yet to receive the complaint, a Samsung spokesman said.
"He guessed that the film makers take issue with DVD-HD841, which Samsung had sold in the United States between June and October 2004. ‘If so, I do not know why the movie studios are complaining about the products, of which production was brought to an end more than 15 months ago,’ the spokesman said.
"We stopped manufacturing the model after concerns erupted that its copy-protection features can be circumvented by sophisticated users."
As we write this, ‘like new’ DVD-HD841 players are being auctioned on eBay.
The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is currently suing entrepreneurs for selling "counterfeit" DVDs on the site, says SocalTech.
Will the Hollywood-owned faux cop unit now also sue eBay for also allowing copyright-breaking DVD-HD841s to be auctioned?
Also See:
camcorders – Sony’s newest camcorder, February 22, 2006
Korea Times – US Film Makers Sue Samsung Over Glitches on DVD Players, February 19, 2006
SocalTech – MPAA Files Suit Against eBay Pirates, February 16, 2006
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:40 pm
The 850’s it can be done with too (i know for a fact), and future models people say.