The thing with DVD-RAM is that it doesn't have the same capacity as a normal
DVD (which have two layers on each side which brings the total storage into
double digit GB IIRC). Plus DVD-RAM have to be played in a DVD-RAM drive.
They are incased in a hard plastic...think of a DVD inside of 3-1/2" floppy
(but it is of course ~5") so they won't work in a console DVD player. Who I
think the studios are more worried about is the mass production of illegal
copies. And encryption won't tackle that. You can do (so I've been told) a
bit for bit copy with the right hardware (~US$5,000-10,000?) much like make
a raw image of a file now with CD-R/(W).
Considering the cost to duplicate a DVD right now is significantly higher
than a legal disc (US$10 and up to maybe US$100 for some rare ones) that is
one of those big "IFs". Anything good can be used for bad. I can't think of
anything that is only good, there is always a bad use...somewhere. That is
the one thing I like about Open Source, there is no worry about licensing.
I am a little torn on the issue. I do see the anti-piracy angle of the CCA,
but what about people who don't run MAC and Windows? What are we supposed to
do. I personally don't have a DVD player (console or otherwise) but I've
been looking for a console player. I think that someone needs to sit down
with the CCD and say "We need something to play these. Would you guys be
willing to help in getting at least a binary only package out?"
I would think that with the estimated 10M users (and growing at what rate?)
out there in Linuxland (plus the other OS OSes) that the companies would
look at it. My perception is that the Linux crowd is probably more technical
and therefore inclined to use new gadgets and if they are more technical
they "probably" have higher salaries, therefore more disposable income to
buy new gadgets, but then again I could be wrong.
Patrick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Dekkers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 19:25
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> Subject: Re: [OT] DVD reading (was Re: Misc hardware questions
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> This will get very heated when DVD-RAM drives drop in price or things like
> Jaz and ORB drives hit the magic above 4.7Gb mark.
>
> Frankly, I'm up in the air whether DeCSS is a good or a bad thing, but
> obviously, we now have the ability to make perfect 100% copies of
> movies. A
> thing we never really did with video (tape-to-tape degraded quality, plus
> most were protected).
>
> No-one can really blame the people responsible for DVD encryption, or the
> movie distributors coming after DeCSS can they?
>
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