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Name
05-19-2005, 11:46 AM
Is it just me, or does it seem this would completely kill DVD sales?

From http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/05/19/1221226.shtml?tid=172&tid=97&tid=155&tid=158
"Wired is reporting on some scary new DRM tech being developed. From the article: 'At the store, someone buying a new DVD would have to provide a password or some kind of biometric data, like a fingerprint or iris scan, which would be added to the DVD's RFID tag. Then, when the DVD was popped into a specially equipped DVD player, the viewer would be required to re-enter the data.'"

seems like a bad way to implement any copyright rights, and throws fair use out the window.

But this from a slashdot poster does seem a plausible use for this tech...... However, it may yet be useful in securing workprints and pre-release copies. That would decrease bootlegging. A workprint of Star Wars III hit the BitTorrent networks yesterday. You can be sure George is looking to employ this technology when he makes his next Indiana Jones.

Ghoulish Delight
05-19-2005, 11:48 AM
No way that'll work. Let's see, I buy a DVD, CP is home alone, she can't watch the DVD? Um, no.