Comments on: Some Things Just Tick Me Off http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/ "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." - James Dean Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:01:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11121 Don Ray Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:16:49 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11121 I don't intend to buy any new DVD player that incorporates thee new hardware. I don’t intend to buy any new DVD player that incorporates thee new hardware.

]]> By: tuxi http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11120 tuxi Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:55:25 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11120 Don Ray, I've now gone to the engadget site and read the article. We obviously need to keep old DVD drives alive as long as possible. If the DVD drive makers don't place the RFID enquiry in firmware, there will be software which will not check the RFID to play the disk. It doesn't seem to me that omitting a check would count as a technical measure to defeat the copyright protection. Tuxi Don Ray,

I’ve now gone to the engadget site and read the article. We obviously need to keep old DVD drives alive as long as possible. If the DVD drive makers don’t place the RFID enquiry in firmware, there will be software which will not check the RFID to play the disk. It doesn’t seem to me that omitting a check would count as a technical measure to defeat the copyright protection.

Tuxi

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11116 Don Ray Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:54:00 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11116 I had missed your post Tuxi, but I just read it. You are right and we are in complete agreement. The only way to solve the problem is to affect the profit line of the big companies. It is getting a lot of bad press. I am afraid I am just going to stay ticked off. I had missed your post Tuxi, but I just read it. You are right and we are in complete agreement. The only way to solve the problem is to affect the profit line of the big companies. It is getting a lot of bad press. I am afraid I am just going to stay ticked off.

]]> By: tuxi http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11115 tuxi Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:21:47 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11115 The studios claim they need this protection because the DVDs are released in some regions before the film is released in other regions. They believe that the region code protects their profits. I see the original region coding as the earliest form of Digital Rights (or Restriction) Management. Nowdays in the US under the Digital Copyright in the New Millenium Act, cirumventing the region codes is a Federal offense. As you probably know from my blog entry http://tuxi.ripabe.net/?p=29, I'm with you on this. As one who has moved back and forth between regions, I'd like to be able to view the collection of movies that I have rights to view without having individual players for each region. The studios claim they need this protection because the DVDs are released in some regions before the film is released in other regions. They believe that the region code protects their profits.

I see the original region coding as the earliest form of Digital Rights (or Restriction) Management. Nowdays in the US under the Digital Copyright in the New Millenium Act, cirumventing the region codes is a Federal offense.

As you probably know from my blog entry http://tuxi.ripabe.net/?p=29, I’m with you on this. As one who has moved back and forth between regions, I’d like to be able to view the collection of movies that I have rights to view without having individual players for each region.

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11113 Don Ray Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:09:44 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11113 We need a revolt. No wonder people buy pirated copies. They will work on all machines. We need a revolt. No wonder people buy pirated copies. They will work on all machines.

]]> By: Dick http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11105 Dick Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:34:02 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/09/16/some-things-just-tick-me-off/#comment-11105 You so ELOQUENTLY express my thoughts exactly Ditto on the TICK ME OFF !! Dick You so ELOQUENTLY express my thoughts exactly
Ditto on the TICK ME OFF !!

Dick

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