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Companies are starting to go way overboard with their ideas for copy protection to deter pirates from copying movies and stuff. You should read http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050810_131820.html to find out some of their ideas for the new generation of DVDs which use blue lasers instead of red ones which allow them to pack a lot more data on a single disc.
The relevant section where I think they are going overboard is:
"This controversial technology would require that disc players maintain permanent connections to content providers via the Internet, making it possible for discs that fail a security check to trigger a notification process, enabling the provider to send the player a sort of "self-destruct code." This code would come in the form of a flash ROM "update" that would actually render the player useless, perhaps unless and until it is taken to a repair shop for reprogramming. "
I really do not like the idea that they would be able to render your player (that you probably paid a lot of money for) useless over the internet easily like that. Who knows what they may decide causes you to fail the "security check" and get your player rendered useless. Or what happens if they have a security hole and a hacker gets into their system. Then that hacker might be able to send a signal to every person's player making millions of players become useless at once.
Also, I think its not right to require they all be hooked up to the internet, because not everyone has internet. Or they only have dialup. It also says the disc players must maintain permanent connections to the internet. What happens if your ISP goes down for a day? What happens if you are watching a movie and all of a sudden you lose internet connection for about 10 - 20 minutes? Do they expect you to just sit there waiting for your internet to come back so you can continue watching your movie?
The relevant section where I think they are going overboard is:
"This controversial technology would require that disc players maintain permanent connections to content providers via the Internet, making it possible for discs that fail a security check to trigger a notification process, enabling the provider to send the player a sort of "self-destruct code." This code would come in the form of a flash ROM "update" that would actually render the player useless, perhaps unless and until it is taken to a repair shop for reprogramming. "
I really do not like the idea that they would be able to render your player (that you probably paid a lot of money for) useless over the internet easily like that. Who knows what they may decide causes you to fail the "security check" and get your player rendered useless. Or what happens if they have a security hole and a hacker gets into their system. Then that hacker might be able to send a signal to every person's player making millions of players become useless at once.
Also, I think its not right to require they all be hooked up to the internet, because not everyone has internet. Or they only have dialup. It also says the disc players must maintain permanent connections to the internet. What happens if your ISP goes down for a day? What happens if you are watching a movie and all of a sudden you lose internet connection for about 10 - 20 minutes? Do they expect you to just sit there waiting for your internet to come back so you can continue watching your movie?