[d@DCC] eWeek: New DRM Scheme Could Make Current DVD Players Obsolete

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:46:03 -0500 (EST)

  7. News: New DRM Scheme Could Make Current DVD Players Obsolete
                                                                                
  Hewlett-Packard and Royal Philips Electronics said Wednesday
  that they have developed a content-protection system for
  DVDs, designed to protect users from burning "protected" DTV
  broadcasts. The encryption system will be built into
  next-generation DVD players as well as media. Will your DVD
  player soon be obsolete?
  http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1517-2-79-139882-169086-0-0-0-1
                                                                                

Note: As mentioned, this is tied to the bogus "broadcast flag" which is 
not really a TPM, but a flag in an unencrypted broadcast.  The claim is 
that any device capable of receiving this type of signal will need to be 
highly regulated and obey that flag.  This part isn't a DRM issue but an 
over-regulation issue.

The new DVD file format replaces DVD CSS with Video Content Protection 
Scheme, or VCPS.  Doing a google search for other articles shows quite a 
bit.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=Video+Content+Protection+Scheme+VCPS

  I wonder what the DVD CCA thinks about this format, and whether they are
endorsing of opposing it.

-- 
 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> 
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