Makers of new DVD players are going too far in copyright protection efforts, but buyers needn’t take it lying down.. I know I won’t. The studios can kiss my ass with all their DRM. I don’t tape movies in theatres and buy my DVDs when I want them, but I take offense to their attitude that all consumers are criminals and can’t be trusted. And I refuse to take part in using a technology that is laden with shackles as this is. In fact, I’d love to read about someome cracking this DRM, just to show the industry to get back to wasting movies and stop wasting billions in a futile exercise. And this article mentions all these add’l blue-ray features I had no idea about, but have turned me off completely. Sony has their heads up their ass, a painful admission for me as someone who has been a lifelong Sony fan.
I really hate this us against them mentality the industry has adopted.. and their complete lack of PR is making them look like complete losers. Apple launches DRM (Fairplay) for iTunes and it’s somewhat restrictive, but is really focused on casual copying, and Apple looks like innovators and consumer/industry friendly in their approach… Maybe the entire industry should just get deep into bed with Apple. Microsoft is trying to look like a hero and make lots of money at this, but we all know they aren’t looking out for the consumer, their products are designed by engineers, not product designers..
