Nils Luehrmann
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DRM is likely going to be the most discussed and debated topic regarding future video formats so I thought it might be a good idea to have a dedicated thread to discuss these issues.
For the vast majority of consumers, most had no clue what DRM even meant, let alone how it might effect them until Sony's fiasco with their RootKit CD's and the huge fallout from angry consumers and wide spread press coverage.
While this situation with Sony BMG is a very serious issue, with many consumers and businesses severely inconvenienced; in many ways it is good that this happened now. Just imagine the disaster that would have occurred if something like this happened with early adopters of Blu-ray. It could have caused Blu-ray to go DOA.
Instead, this public relations disaster is causing Sony and the Blu-ray Disc Association members to take a very serious look at their anti-piracy methods, and hopefully make sure that nothing like this ever happens to this new HD format.
In order to get the ball rolling on this topic I'd like to share an excellent article recently written by Paul Taylor and Aline van Duyn of Financial Times:
For the vast majority of consumers, most had no clue what DRM even meant, let alone how it might effect them until Sony's fiasco with their RootKit CD's and the huge fallout from angry consumers and wide spread press coverage.
While this situation with Sony BMG is a very serious issue, with many consumers and businesses severely inconvenienced; in many ways it is good that this happened now. Just imagine the disaster that would have occurred if something like this happened with early adopters of Blu-ray. It could have caused Blu-ray to go DOA.
Instead, this public relations disaster is causing Sony and the Blu-ray Disc Association members to take a very serious look at their anti-piracy methods, and hopefully make sure that nothing like this ever happens to this new HD format.
In order to get the ball rolling on this topic I'd like to share an excellent article recently written by Paul Taylor and Aline van Duyn of Financial Times: