What I know from computer people here (bootleg&pirate heaven)
each and every copy protection, code and program can be cracked,
hacked and copied very easily.
That is how we ordinary people in the _third world_ get all our software.
We rented and watched _codeless_ DVDs here since its introductin...
I got all the softaware for my computer for free.
> http://www.dvdtalk.com/rce.html
>
> this (cookie rich) address has some details on the quote enhancement
> unquote of DVD that has absolutely no value whatsoever to any of us -- as
> scholars, as teachers, and especialy as people who I guess have a stake in
> the international flow of data. There is already copy protection coding on
> almost every DVD I own. We are moving towards DVD as the medium of choice
> for teaching and library: we have to show work in formats at least as good
> as students often have at home; and laser media have a longer shelf-life
> (and are less easy to destroy in faulty equipment). The latest
> 'enhancement' may well make it impossible for us in the antipodes to get
> hold of titles that are of too limited interest to be worth releasing for
> the smaller region 4 coding. What is the point? To maintain a stranglehold
> on distribution. Otherwise I can see no purpose in it, unless pssibly to
> maximise the revenues from theatrical release in territories for which the
> distributors are too parsimonious to use other than bicycled prints,
> meaning that they arrrive late and damaged if at all. Lord forbid we see
> the film on DVD before this exploitative practice can take plae; and Lord
> forbid we get the option of seeing something other than the BVI/ UIP
> playlist. This egregious abuse of corporate power is more than aggravating.
> It threatens the possibility of teaching, especially teaching international
> and minority cinemas (and increasingly TV).
>
> If there are reps from DVD distributors onlist who can explain this, I'd be
> grateful. If anyone has ideas about how to protest, and people agree this
> is a suitable issue for the list, likewise, I'd love to hear.
>
> Other wise, I'm emjoying the show . . .
>
> Sean
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