EFF Question "Tech" 2.  "True or False: It is impossible to fast-forward past commercials or
FBI warnings on DVDs?"

maintained by Rob Warren
last updated 3/20/2000

Introduction

Notes

	"The Scan and Time Search/Play features of DVD are implemented as programming
	options. The original title developer can make them available or block their
	access.  If access is blocked then there is no way to scan or time search past
	the segment in question.  In other words the answer is True if that's what the
	title developer wanted."



Conclusion

	False.  This functionality must be programmed into the DVD content.  It just so
	happens that many, many content producers have done this.  However, this is a
	conscious choice on the part of content producers and not a technolgical limitation
	embedded in the design of DVD and CSS.

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