Protect DVD-Video prevents discs from playing on your PC - Engadget
Andy Jones  |  by www.engadget.com. All rights reserved. 6.11 | 20:41

Meh, it won't work.. Just reading that I heard so many ways to get around it.

First of all, "Windows PC." Use Linux, or Mac. "it can't be read by Windows Media Player, Media Center Edition, or any DirectShow-based software", just write a media playing app and that takes care of the problem too.

It won't stop piracy, but I think it will just add another level to get around. Bottom line : Annoyance +1, and that's about it.

There will be a quick workaround for this to be sure.


I can't imagine M$ and Intel being too terribly happy about this, what with M$'s push for a Media-centric experience with Vista and Intel's VIIV, which revolves solely around the Win XP Media Center Edition, and upcoming Vista Premium. It'll never make it off the ground.
Surely that violates fair use laws?

Or are the corporates now more important than the consumer? This is as bad as the rootkit.

Thank GOD for AnyDVD, is all I have to say.

If any of you haven't heard of it, there is a 21 day trial. It costs $39 dollars for the full version, but it's worth it. It bypasses all DRM BS.

It's a very nice program.

Just as with drm-crippled music downloads and rootkit infested CDs the only way you can influence their adoption is to not buy into them. If ProtectDisc DVDs stay on the shelves, the companies using the protection will abandon it (sooner or later).

In other words: put your money where your mouth is.

If something like this takes off we have only ourselves to blame. We are the consumers and we have the ultimate control here.

Any movie containing this crap should automatically go on our ignore list. It will not take long for the impact of our lack of spending to put an end to this sort of game. Again, we ultimately have the real power here.

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