Studios OK Burning Movie Downloads

SirClicksalot writes "The DVD Copy Control Association has released a statement (pdf) announcing that it will make adaptations to the Content Scramble System (CSS) used to protect DVDs. The association, made up of Hollywood studios, consumer electronics and software companies, licenses CSS to the DVD industry to protect content. The changes will allow home users to legally burn purchased movie downloads to special CSS protected DVDs, compatible with existing DVD players."

How "nice" of them...

[Teese]

...to allow us to use our legally purchased content. The movie industry sure is on our side! Maybe next year they will allow us to skip chapters! or fast-forward! Can you imagine how much praise and rejoicing there will be? I can't wait until we have earned their good graces!

stupid

Hey Steve!

[kponto]

Thanks!

Countdown to crack

[mistersooreams]

Crack coming in 3... 2...

What's that? CSS got cracked years ago? Look, behind you - a three-headed terrorist! Think of the children!

*runs*

not that great...

[Anonymous Coward]

In a statement, the association said that an updated version of CSS could allow retailers to place kiosks on showroom floors and allow consumers to watch as a digital movie recording is placed on a blank DVD while they wait.

Looks like this is aimed more at the content distributers than the home consumers. now that's the MPAA we've come to know and love!

Re:"special" discs?

[DarthSkippious]

Besides, haven't these morons figured out yet that CSS is borderline useless?

Useless? Useless? Are you kidding? The hack of it made a great t-shirt!

Re:If it works with existing DVD players...

[91degrees]

huh... Seems to me that any kiosks are going to have all the speed and quality of downloads combined with the convenience of going to a shop rather than buying over the internet.

Don't run that!

[patio11]

You might think in context that it is deCSS, but it actually prints "Just another perl hacker" unless an obscure race condition happens, in which case it instructs Google to become sentient and begin the elimination of the human race.

Friends don't let friends execute perl scripts they didn't write.

Misquoted

[sjonke]

It actually said, "Studios OK Burning Movie Downloaders".

Re:"Special" DVDs

[z0idberg]

You will actually have to buy a specific blank DVD for each movie you want to download and burn. For example if you want to watch "Weekend at Bernies" you will have to drive to WalMart and by the specific "Weekend at Bernies - Blank Edition", then drive home and download the movie, then burn it to the blank, then and only then will you be able to play the movie.

To compensate you for your trouble "Weekend at Bernies - Blank Edition" will be between $1.23 and $1.56 cheaper than "Weekend at Bernies" original that will be on sale right next to "Weekend at Bernies - Blank Edition", and between $1.56 and $1.93 cheaper than "Weekend at Bernies - Directors Cut" and "Weekend at Bernies - Now in HD", which will be the next two DVDs over.

Re:Further evidence...

[kalel666]

"continued to focus the bulk of its efforts on the people who are mass producing pirate movies"

Run, Johnny Depp, run!

Re:How "nice" of them...

[drinkypoo]

Yea, okay. They take an official position on a matter that is 100% in agreement with the Slashbot position and you STILL bitch and moan about it.

You must be an MPAA shill, because their position is not, repeat not 100% in agreement with the Slashbot position. In particular, they are using css. The "Slashbot position" as you call it is that both CSS and region coding are objectionable, and should never be used. DVDs work just fine without any CSS at all, and CSS does not prevent copying, so why do they use CSS? Purely legal reasons, and poor ones at that, designed to prevent us from exercising our fair use laws, through application of the DMCA.

You fail the test! Hand in your geek badge on your way out.

Slashdot position

[Kadin2048]

BTW, what is this "Slashdot position" you speak of?

It's kind of like the Missionary Position, but without the other person.