Suhit Gupta
09-03-2004, 01:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/Film+group+turns+to+secure+DVD+players/2100-1026_3-5331603.html?part=rss&tag=5331603&subj=news.1026.5' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/Film+group+turns+to+secure+DVD+players/2100-1026_3-5331603.html?part=rss&tag=5331603&subj=news.1026.5</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will supply secure DVD players to voting members to prevent them from illegally copying films competing for awards. Cinea, a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, this week announced a deal with the academy to supply SV300 DVD players ... The SV300 can play encrypted discs created using Cinea's security system called S-View, the company said. The security system is designed to allow movie and TV producers to secure their content against piracy at production and post-production stages."</i><br /><br />With the SV300, only authorized persons can access the protected content and a large number of encrypted discs can be created and each player is individually addressable so that pirated versions can be tracked. This is apparently in direct response to a suggestion last year by the Motion Picture Association of America suggesting banning DVDs from being sent to Oscars voters, in an attempt to prevent piracy. Someone smell consumer product? ;-)