[gluteus maximus]

From ars technica

Forget boring old standard-def DVDs—movie pirates have moved on to selling high-definition discs in an effort to make money on the HD craze. The HD discs are not genuine Blu-ray discs and don't boast as high resolution as Blu-ray does, but they're apparently good enough to fool many consumers, and the movie industry is worried.

Law enforcement in Shenzhen, China, raided a warehouse last month that contained HD copies of a number of popular movies. There were over 800 discs (so, what is that, like eight spindles?) that were packaged in faux Blu-ray boxes, complete with holograms to make them appear legitimate. According to the Motion Picture Association International, this is the "first ever" seizure of these types of discs in China.

Read more here: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...concerned.html

[Ashleyj]

Originally Posted by gluteus maximus

From ars technica



Read more here: Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM, sell pirated HD discs

It was bound to happen sometime.

So lots of HD fakes in the car boot sales and pubs now.

[johnnydoen]

Blu-Ray BD+ DRM was cracked by Slysoft back in March of this year.

[archon.thelawgiver]

Hello everyone, I've just finished teaching for the year so the 'lawgiver is back…at least until I go holidays in January.

Look, this is the same situation as in the music industry. The only way they'll dump DRM is it is shown to them that copyright protection just doesn't work. Besides, if you put DRM into media then someone will always come along and crack it.

One way to counter part of the problem is for ISPs to levy a sum that goes back to the copyright holder (music and film) and let people upload and download to their heart's content. Such a scheme may not be foolproof but a lot of people who use p2p would embrace a system like this. Likewise this would also reduce the market size for commercial pirates. As well, the music and film industries could upload their products and people could "purchase" the products online. It's kind of like a subscription product except you get to keep the product.

Of course a lot of stakeholders would resist a scheme like this but it does have it's merits.

[Martinman]

Originally Posted by archon.thelawgiver

Hello everyone, I've just finished teaching for the year so the 'lawgiver is back…at least until I go holidays in January.

Look, this is the same situation as in the music industry. The only way they'll dump DRM is it is shown to them that copyright protection just doesn't work. Besides, if you put DRM into media then someone will always come along and crack it.

One way to counter part of the problem is for ISPs to levy a sum that goes back to the copyright holder (music and film) and let people upload and download to their heart's content. Such a scheme may not be foolproof but a lot of people who use p2p would embrace a system like this. Likewise this would also reduce the market size for commercial pirates. As well, the music and film industries could upload their products and people could "purchase" the products online. It's kind of like a subscription product except you get to keep the product.

Of course a lot of stakeholders would resist a scheme like this but it does have it's merits.

Hi archon.thelawgiver

Can't really comment on your idea about copyright protection, but I can say that what you say in your location has some merit. I lived in Australia for nine years and am heading back within the next year for probably the rest of my life. Western Australia is producing, consistently, some of the top models in the world -- which even has the modeling agencies puzzled as to why so many beautiful women come from Australia, and in particular, WA. Models aside, I can certainly vouch for the beauty of Australian women, no doubt there. Now I would be a little careful about the comment on Scandanavian women. Can't say I've ever thought they weren't worthy of the male eye. I would like to add the disclaimer that the beauty of women goes beyond just their physical beauty.

My apologies to the moderators for the diversion from this topic.

Martinman

[Ashleyj]

Originally Posted by Martinman

Hi archon.thelawgiver

Can't really comment on your idea about copyright protection, but I can say that what you say in your location has some merit. I lived in Australia for nine years and am heading back within the next year for probably the rest of my life. Western Australia is producing, consistently, some of the top models in the world -- which even has the modeling agencies puzzled as to why so many beautiful women come from Australia, and in particular, WA. Models aside, I can certainly vouch for the beauty of Australian women, no doubt there. Now I would be a little careful about the comment on Scandanavian women. Can't say I've ever thought they weren't worthy of the male eye. I would like to add the disclaimer that the beauty of women goes beyond just their physical beauty.

My apologies to the moderators for the diversion from this topic.

Martinman

There's not someone looking over your shoulder, as you type, by any chance?

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by Martinman

Hi archon.thelawgiver

Can't really comment on your idea about copyright protection, but I can say that what you say in your location has some merit. I lived in Australia for nine years and am heading back within the next year for probably the rest of my life. Western Australia is producing, consistently, some of the top models in the world -- which even has the modeling agencies puzzled as to why so many beautiful women come from Australia, and in particular, WA. Models aside, I can certainly vouch for the beauty of Australian women, no doubt there. Now I would be a little careful about the comment on Scandanavian women. Can't say I've ever thought they weren't worthy of the male eye. I would like to add the disclaimer that the beauty of women goes beyond just their physical beauty.

My apologies to the moderators for the diversion from this topic.

Martinman

No problem,we do it all the time and it's very welcome especially
when it's interesting!...

You can go on tangents anytime,that's how we really communicate,
in real life...

Great post about woman and I couldn't agree more with your ending claim..

[Martinman]

Originally Posted by Ashleyj

There's not someone looking over your shoulder, as you type, by any chance?

Nope! Got that one right all on my own. Even Nightfly didn't have to send me a PM.

Martinman

[Ashleyj]

Originally Posted by Martinman

Nope! Got that one right all on my own. Even Nightfly didn't have to send me a PM.

Martinman

Good on you - that's at least 10 brownie points for you.

[Ashleyj]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

No problem,we do it all the time and it's very welcome especially
when it's interesting!...

You can go on tangents anytime,that's how we really communicate,
in real life...

Great post about woman and I couldn't agree more with your ending claim..

Wow, looks as if I am going to have to find one then.