DVD chips 'to kill illegal copying'

Simon Wyndham · September 17th, 2006, 08:22 AM

Okay, but what about discs that we create ourselves? They won't have a chip on them, so they won't answer any challenges. So how would the player distinguish between a DVD-R of somebody's holiday video, from a film that had its VOB etc file ripped and then re-burned?

Boyd Ostroff · September 17th, 2006, 08:36 AM

Honestly Simon, I don't know anything about this system, and don't particularly care one way or the other :-) If you feel it's a hoax then that's fine with me. My only point is that it sounds plausible, and I can see reasons why the manufacturers might be interested in such a system. I know there are a lot of concerns in the software industry about slick pirated copies coming out of China and other countries.

Richard Alvarez · September 17th, 2006, 09:10 AM

I think its real. MACROVISION is real, and fairly ineffective. I think this new system will work for a short while, and then someone will find a workaround. It's all part of the 'arms race' attitude.

No reason to assume the article is a hoax or bogus.

Lee Wilson · September 17th, 2006, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Wilson

There will be a way to get around this in minutes.

Play the movie as a high quality analogue signal and record that signal.

Burn a DVD.

Simple !

It may not be digital or an identical clone, but done well on cheap equipment we probably already own any degradation may be tiny.

September 17th, 2006, 08:22 AM	#16
Simon Wyndham Trustee Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Malvern UK Posts: 1,931	Okay, but what about discs that we create ourselves? They won't have a chip on them, so they won't answer any challenges. So how would the player distinguish between a DVD-R of somebody's holiday video, from a film that had its VOB etc file ripped and then re-burned?

September 17th, 2006, 08:36 AM	#17
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,798	Honestly Simon, I don't know anything about this system, and don't particularly care one way or the other :-) If you feel it's a hoax then that's fine with me. My only point is that it sounds plausible, and I can see reasons why the manufacturers might be interested in such a system. I know there are a lot of concerns in the software industry about slick pirated copies coming out of China and other countries.

September 17th, 2006, 09:10 AM	#18
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	I think its real. MACROVISION is real, and fairly ineffective. I think this new system will work for a short while, and then someone will find a workaround. It's all part of the 'arms race' attitude. No reason to assume the article is a hoax or bogus.