i'm glad people are seeing DRM is just a way for a company to force you to stay to their line of products, because if something is release, there is a 100% chance of it being pirated. even maya, a multi thousand dollar program, i have at one point "owned".

wow! still no post here!? :p

this is great news!!!
God bless the MPAA!!! -not

DRM is still necessary, wht the hell???

what are you on drugs or what????

Holy god jesus christ. They're finally beginning to understand this just a little bit.[claps hands]

I think their starting to realize that if you srew the customer over with your invasive nasty DRM technology, they'll find other means of obtaining DRM free material.

I was under the impression that at least the part about ripping a disc to a PC or media server was previously agreed upon by this lot in exchange for MS and Intel backing HD-DVD (and then Blu Disc followed suit with their own agreement). It wasn't a year ago (probably six months or so in reality) that the talk about 'managed copy' was being spread as 'news'

So really nothing new here. They still state DRM is needed and they re-iterate that managed copy will be worked out to being allowed.

too little too late i think, by the time they get DRM sorted out therell be a faster better way to obtain content than going down to the department store, and buying a dvd then ripping it and converting it, (even if it is legal)

they should have done this years ago.

I am kinda happy that they sound like the want to move in the right direction but its always some underline BS that is never mentioned and some people be surprised by in the near future.

Interoperable DRM = a lock that everyone can pick

What's the point?

"blah blah blah blah WE STILL EMBRACE DRM blah blah blah"

thats all i read...

did jack valenti dying have anything to do with the mpaa's switch on the stance of being able to backup your dvds?

Lets also face what they are saying

One DRM Only

so in simple terms

You will have to buy new players, thats ok, you dont have to buy a dvd player since you own one, why dont you just buy a hddvd or a br so we can apply this and stop piracy together???

I say like Heck im buying them, Ill switch technologies when technologie swits me, no when you have a great idea on how to change your world, I aint your puppet!

It seems that they are beginning to see the light. Well done. I always thought that they should overkill the DVD's that we hire/rent but the one's we purchase should have no to minimum protection cause we should be able to make legal copies for safe keeping so we do not damage out originals.

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In response to questions about the ripping of DVDs, which is currently illegal under the DMCA, Glickman answered that consumers would legally be allowed to rip their movies but suggested that some form of DRM would still be necessary.

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- Well credit to them for starting to wake up on this.

Now we just have to get them to stop crucifying the ordinary regular guy over this supposed 'piracy' BS nonsense.

Sharing is not theft, never has been and never will be.

If I wanted smoke blown up my butt, I'd climb to my roof and sit on my chimney! Doesn't everyone know that a + added to - = absolutely nothing. What you're going to make it easier to do what we're already doing because of your DRM? Please! What's the point? Get rid of it, period. That's the only real +! I can get LipService from my woman!

Originally posted by georgeluv:

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"blah blah blah blah WE STILL EMBRACE DRM blah blah blah"

thats all i read...

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That's no news. What the announcement means is this:
"F...! None of the threats, bribes or almost- or totally illegal actions worked, we're losing! All right, you won this round, but we'll still find a way to stick it to you and take money for enforcing something less obviously useless"

What I gathered from the article is that the MPAA would rather have a DRM that prevents piracy, rather than restrict it's use from a consumer who legally purchased it. Which, despite the many people still whining, is probably the most sound and fair point of view.
I am, however, on the "i'll believe it when I see it" boat.

oofRome, i still have a dvd wich works with certain DRM wich is different from the DRM a DivX player(wich i believe DivX doesnt have DRM anyway) but my point is, that if they standarize it most surely it would be in the manner of

Ok now everyone with a dvd player and a DivX player and every other player i forgot to mention, has to buy the new and improved BR or HD player per sei.

And you would wonder, -wow what is so improved-
and they´ll say
o DMI and a lot of new stuff and also the same DRM for everyone
and there is just where i say
-#$%ck it. I wont buy a new player nor embrace new technology only so you can stop losing money