The Real reason for Hollywood's copy protection...??

[Chadder007]

This is a quote from someone else but I believe it to be true....

The thruth is they are not concerned about piracy, that's just an excuse. What they really want is to move to a pay per play business model. None of the so-called copy protection technologies is designed to prevent copying; instead, their main goal is to restrict playback of authorized copies so that the studios can decide when and where you can watch their content. The next step in the strategy is to get rid of media like CDs and DVD that can be purchased and used as many time as you want and replace them with Divx-like devices.

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: Chadder007
This is a quote from someone else but I believe it to be true....

The thruth is they are not concerned about piracy, that's just an excuse. What they really want is to move to a pay per play business model. None of the so-called copy protection technologies is designed to prevent copying; instead, their main goal is to restrict playback of authorized copies so that the studios can decide when and where you can watch their content. The next step in the strategy is to get rid of media like CDs and DVD that can be purchased and used as many time as you want and replace them with Divx-like devices.

:|

 

[Kevin]

Video On Demand

A lot of Cable systems have it now. Its supposed to be the future. Its been in development for longer than you'd think...

 

[erikiksaz]

Originally posted by: kevin000
Video On Demand

A lot of Cable systems have it now. Its supposed to be the future. Its been in development for longer than you'd think...

Caters all the lazy folk out there. Durn, only if the VOD channels were in the first 125--recording it on my tv tuner would be awesome!

 

[Jeomite]

Originally posted by: kevin000
Video On Demand

A lot of Cable systems have it now. Its supposed to be the future. Its been in development for longer than you'd think...

All in all, it's still comes down to one reason > $$$ <

 

[Smolek]

Originally posted by: Jeomite

Originally posted by: kevin000
Video On Demand

A lot of Cable systems have it now. Its supposed to be the future. Its been in development for longer than you'd think...

All in all, it's still comes down to one reason > $$$ <

yep, you got it, they want it

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Jeomite

Originally posted by: kevin000
Video On Demand

A lot of Cable systems have it now. Its supposed to be the future. Its been in development for longer than you'd think...

All in all, it's still comes down to one reason > $$$ <

Actually, I think a lot of people PREFER the on demand system to the current implementation. No longer have to set the VCR or Re-arrange your schedule to catch a movie that you want. Just hit a couple buttons and order it up. Sounds good to me.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Jeomite

Originally posted by: kevin000
Video On Demand

A lot of Cable systems have it now. Its supposed to be the future. Its been in development for longer than you'd think...

All in all, it's still comes down to one reason > $$$ <

Actually, I think a lot of people PREFER the on demand system to the current implementation. No longer have to set the VCR or Re-arrange your schedule to catch a movie that you want. Just hit a couple buttons and order it up. Sounds good to me.

Yeah but I'd always like the speial and added extra features on a DVD

Also its good to collect films but in my case *slowly* as the funds are lacking! But I still get to build a collection over time though.

They just want more money and who wouldn't? They are the ones who have built the industry up and just want to be paid for what they did.

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: Chadder007
This is a quote from someone else but I believe it to be true....

The thruth is they are not concerned about piracy, that's just an excuse. What they really want is to move to a pay per play business model. None of the so-called copy protection technologies is designed to prevent copying; instead, their main goal is to restrict playback of authorized copies so that the studios can decide when and where you can watch their content. The next step in the strategy is to get rid of media like CDs and DVD that can be purchased and used as many time as you want and replace them with Divx-like devices.

NOt going to happen. Consumers will not stand for it. Divx is dead for a reason.

 

[arcas]

A micropayment-based business model has been the holy grail of a number of sectors, including the entertainment industry. We've seen inklings of this model with the various PPV movie and sports events. The infamous DiVX format (not the mpeg4 codec) is probably the best example so far of the entertainment industry's goals: pay a fee each time you watch a movie. DiVX failed largely because there was an alternative (DVD) with comparable quality but without the restrictions so consumers shunned DiVX and it failed (to this day as a protest for their role in helping to design and then market the DiVX format, I refuse to so much as look at a Circuit City advertisement let alone shop their stores).

Anyway, the technology is almost ready and the legislation framework has been created to enable a more robust micropayment business model to succeed. All that's necessary is to eliminate alternatives. Had DVD not existed, DiVX would have succeeded and everybody would pay $$ each time they dig a movie out of their collection that they haven't watched in 6 months. Legislation (DMCA, the proposed CPRM and SCCCA and their eventual followons) is required to help ensure that alternatives cannot legally be created by third parties.

It's not just the entertainment industry that's progressing towards a micropayment-based system. We're seeing the software industry begin to shift towards this model (application service providers, renewable limited-time end-user-licenses, etc). How much longer before the average computer user is assessed a small fee each time they use their spreadsheet program? Corporations have had to deal with this sort of business model at the enterprise-computing level for decades.

 

[vi edit]

This thread reminds me of the disposable DVD's. Basically, they make the DVD with some sort of built in "self destruct" feature. It's a dye that after a set amount of time releases or changes itself to render the disk unreadable.

These disks are being used for movie release demos to various media sources, but it's speculated that the studios are going to go consumer market with it. Call it divx 2.0.