Re: [dvd-discuss] Microsoft Reader encryption broken too

["D. C. Sessions" <dcs(at)lumbercartel.com>]

On Friday 31 August 2001 09:22, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D. C. Sessions [mailto:dcs@lumbercartel.com]
> ...
> >Existing DVDs are bound to 525-line displays, which the 
> >FCC is relegating to the scrap heap;
> ...
> 
> I had forgotten about the whole HDTV mandate!
> 
> This makes the "tools for bypassing CSS" question much
> more immediate, and not off in the indefinate future
> when (if) copyrights on the movies expire, doesn't it?
> 
> Otoh, I sincerely doubt that everybody is really going
> to move to HDTV when they are supposed to ...

It's actually better than that.  The fair-use scenario comes up
when everyone *does* do what they're supposed to, since the
current crop of DVDs are locked to 525-line NTSC video.  So
when the American public decides to be loyal and obediently
buys the New, Improved! HDTV sets, their old DVDs (although
containing perfectly scalable MPEG files) suddenly won't play
any more because the DVD "magic header" which doesn't let
you skip all of those Exciting Offers also won't let you play the
silly thing at any other resolution.  So, being Loyal Consumers,
we will all troop off to replace our video libraries once again.

Riiiight.

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