Online movie downloads could be made burnable
Posted on 22/09/07 10:44 by chas0039                             
Online movie downloads could be made burnable

Well, this is just a short release from AP and as yet I have not found other more substantial articles with more details.  However, it is rather important news, if it is as reported, so here goes.

Apparently, the organization that controls DVD security, the DVD Copy Control Association, will be authorizing the burning of downloaded films to a DVD that will be playable on any normal player.  This will allow services that currently allow downloads to also allow a burnable download as well.  It looks as though the system will require a special DVD with the new software's digital lock.

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By VampyreSteele, Saturday 22 September 2007 20:24
why go through the trouble when tsunami makes an encoder and authroing program that does that job fine and can put it on a conventional DVD
By Zod, Saturday 22 September 2007 23:15
ZodThey still don't get it, you can go on the internet, load up a torrent and download an unprotected dvd for free. You charge for the product and you need a special dvd so you can leave your special copy protection on it? Why do they keep penalizing the people that actually pay for the product?
By FidelC, Sunday 23 September 2007 02:02
FidelCpuke I will not be surprised if for such "service" they will charge more than a retail dvd. and how many of those official download sites actually allow for 4.7 or 8.5 gig full downloads? If that were the case I would be glad to buy such movies say at half the retail since they save on media, packaging and distribution. Am I asking a lot?
By Androbeam (guest), Sunday 23 September 2007 16:29
For just a second I thought the movie industry had seen the light, but then came the sentence: " It looks as though the system will require a special DVD with the new software's digital lock." puke Why would I want to buy a special (more expensive) DVD to be able to buy movies online? Just make it convenient for your customers instead. I would happily pay to buy movies as a doeloadable ISO file and then burn on a standard DVD. Oh, well! I'll be at the p2p sites until Hollywood learns to offer what the consumers wants...
By shaolin007, Sunday 23 September 2007 17:43
shaolin007Lets see, I bought the 300 movie on DVD and it came with a free movie download. Well, downloaded the movie and it was DRM ridden. Got on the internet and found two wonderful programs: Fairuse4wm and Mirakagi. Now the movie is free of DRM and I can burn it to a DVD, end of story. Why do they even bother doing this is my question?
By leebo, Monday 24 September 2007 23:10
Stock holders.
By neo1918, Tuesday 25 September 2007 01:29
Let's hope those special blanks are rewritable, so we can erase them after ripping the movie and recording it on a much cheaper non-special blank.
By humdrum (guest), Saturday 29 September 2007 01:58
Dont theu get it drop the price of these dvd's to an affordable range and piracy is a thing of the past
By humdrum (guest), Saturday 29 September 2007 02:00
Another thing is why even bother i know many who rent dvd's from the redbox machines for a buck a night and back those up for thier own use. At a buck a night its almost free
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