Comment Did anyone read the original? (Score 1) 227
In the original article http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories.aspx?Micr osoft%20invents%20a%20'one-play%20only'%20DVD%20to %20combat%20Hollywood%20piracy&StoryID=B7480068-F1 F6-4C7B-A7A5-EEFCED0320CB&SectionID=F3B76EF0-7991- 4389-B72E-D07EB5AA1CEE it says:
Chairman Bill Gates has been working on a solution to the film industry's piracy problem since making a now legendary pitch to the industry in September 2002. Showing a video of himself dressed in a sailor suit pretending to audition for the blockbuster Titanic, Gates pitched Hollywood with the proposition that only Microsoft could solve its piracy problem by making its DRM software a standard across every home entertainment playback and recording device.