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02-10-2004, 01:00 AM

Jason Dunn Executive Editor Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 29,160		Microsoft to protect Disney films http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3472509.stm "Disney has joined forces with Microsoft to start selling its movies over the net later this year. The venerable animation studio has signed up to use Microsoft software to stop its films being pirated. The deal reflects Microsoft desire to establish a foothold in the home entertainment market. For its part, Disney sees the potential for selling movies via the net but it is also worried about the potential for its creations to be pirated once it makes them available for download." Here's the important part: "The system being developed should allow buyers of the Disney films a limited ability to move the movies between PCs and media players." One would hope that "media players" would include any Windows Media player equipped with DRM security, so I'd hope to see the Pocket PC included in this group. We'll see! __________________ Want to contact me personally? Use this. Want to read my personal blog? Check it out. Want to follow me on Twitter? Here you go.

02-10-2004, 01:19 AM

bbarker Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 578		Another question is how portable the content will be. When I buy a new computer and then another, and when I replace my PPC a few times, will I still have full access to my digital content? If I will what hassles will be involved? Will I have to go to some source and individually re-validate every item in my collection?

02-10-2004, 01:32 AM

Kevin C. Tofel Thinker Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 366		Hmmm.....I like how the Palm Digital Reader handles activations....what are the odds they come out with a media player???? KCT

02-10-2004, 01:33 AM

qgman Pupil Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18		Honestly, I don't see why someone can't come up with a DRM system that allows unlimited copying among devices. What MS doesn't understand is that people won't buy into the "limited copy" philosophy once they learn what it is. If MS had half a brain, they'd find a way to encode a piece of sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) in each file in such a way that it can't be removed without destroying the entire file, yet would remain easily visible via a viewer program. They could then get rid of all of this silly "you can only copy a file three times" non-sense because no one would want their card number leaked all over the internet!

02-10-2004, 01:38 AM

David Prahl Pontificator Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,398		I'd give the warez sites about a week to crack it - maybe less. __________________ The One Nerd Band www.davidprahl.com

02-10-2004, 01:52 AM

sponge Philosopher Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 541		Knowing MS earlier attempts at DRM, it's probably already cracked :P

02-10-2004, 01:56 AM

tsb_hcy Intellectual Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 144		More worthless BS. Why waste time and money on something that can't be done? Piracy is here forever.

02-10-2004, 01:58 AM

dean_shan Mystic Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,911		This will only work if the price of digital videos are way below that cost of a DVD or if they offer exclusive content.

02-10-2004, 01:59 AM

Kevin C. Tofel

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Originally Posted by qgman

If MS had half a brain, they'd find a way to encode a piece of sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) in each file in such a way that it can't be removed without destroying the entire file, yet would remain easily visible via a viewer program.

Yup....this is the Palm Digital Reader model for activation.....it's tied to "me" and not a device.....think about it: who bought the media, me or the device????

KCT

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02-10-2004, 02:38 AM

Partita Ponderer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 80		I'll give the web 20 minutes to crack the DRM.

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