Re: [dvd-discuss] MovieMask - I'm sure the lawsuit is on its way

["Ernest Miller" <ernest.miller(at)yale.edu>]

www.moviemask.com/product.php

At the bottom of the page ... it is called "Movie Mask Home Director"


----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Steinberg <synthesis@videotron.ca>
To: <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] MovieMask - I'm sure the lawsuit is on its way


> ummmmm  I went to the moviemask site. where do you see the ability to
create
> your own version? All I see is something that plays pre-supplied config
files
> for movies they have already edited.
>
> >From the page
> ============================
> *(Based on your selection, your player will download a "mask file" that
> commands your movie to be played back according to your personal
>                             preferences.)
>
>                             *(You may watch any movie with Movie Mask
Player.
> However, if you choose to watch the movie as a masked, educational, or
> interactive playback
>                             option, then the movie you choose to watch
must be
> one of the movies that we have in our Movie Library.
> ======================================
>
> ...or has someone already hacked the moviemask player?
>
> Ernest Miller wrote:
>
> > www.moviemask.com
> >
> > Here is software that allows people to create metadata additions to
DVDs.
> > You download a config file, and the movie plays from that, not the file
on
> > the DVD. You can effectively create your own version of a movie on DVD,
> > editing out the naughty bits - make your own PG-13 movie from an R-Rated
> > DVD.  Of course, there are more interesting uses - I wonder how long
until
> > there is a phantom edit of the Star Wars Episode I DVD out.
> >
> > Unfortunately, this violates all sorts of DVDCCA licenses.  Their
moviemask
> > FAQ says that the movie studios are aware of what moviemask is doing -
but
> > seems to imply that they don't have official approval.
> >
> > Slashdot article
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/14/1325246
>
> --
> Dan Steinberg
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