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MaJ
12-10-2006, 02:45 PM
I for one am pissed, as you should be too!

The movie industry seems determined to continue on a course where it happily erodes the rights of legitimate users, all in the name of securing profits. The latest example of this comes in the form of a DVD copy protection technology called Protect DVD-Video which actually prevents a DVD being played on a Windows PC using Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center Edition or any software players based on DirectShow.

Protect DVD-Video is the brainchild of a company called ProtectDisc. Part of the copy-protection mechanism is a non-standard UDF (Universal Disc Format) file system which results in the IFO file on the DVD (this is the file responsible for storing information on chapters, subtitles and audio tracks) appearing to the PC as being zero bytes long.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/index.php?p=114
Maxi
12-10-2006, 02:51 PM
You had me worried for a second there Maj!

"As with most copy protection mechanisms, a way round it is never that far behind. SlySoft have a product called AnyDVD which works in the background to automatically remove the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it's inserted into the drive. The other day they released an updated version of AnyDVD which effortlessly bypasses Protect DVD-Video."
Beneh
12-10-2006, 03:11 PM
Hahahaha gold.

AnyDVD is great.
Fun9RY
12-10-2006, 03:30 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pimped @ Oct 12 2006, 01:51 PM) 102409</div>
You had me worried for a second there Maj!

"As with most copy protection mechanisms, a way round it is never that far behind. SlySoft have a product called AnyDVD which works in the background to automatically remove the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it's inserted into the drive. The other day they released an updated version of AnyDVD which effortlessly bypasses Protect DVD-Video."
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Thank god for forward thinking!

Thats fkn gold B)
MaJ
12-10-2006, 05:05 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pimped @ Oct 12 2006, 01:51 PM) 102409</div>
You had me worried for a second there Maj!

"As with most copy protection mechanisms, a way round it is never that far behind. SlySoft have a product called AnyDVD which works in the background to automatically remove the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it's inserted into the drive. The other day they released an updated version of AnyDVD which effortlessly bypasses Protect DVD-Video."
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I dont condone DVD Piracy :P

hahahahahahaha...

Yeh i kinda neglected to mention that haha.
Dezza Bot
13-10-2006, 08:55 AM
What's so illegal about buying a dvd and then playing it on a pc anyway?
DrSp3d
13-10-2006, 09:09 AM
nothing... its the paranoia of the industry that everytime we put a legit dvd in a pc to watch we are copying and distributing it...

Funny thing is they combat this by rising prices... just like PC games... this only gives the pirate that much more reason to copy...
LMo
13-10-2006, 11:05 AM
...And for others to ask for said copy...
blot0
14-10-2006, 11:42 AM
... its not like they arnt pulling billion's in profit at the moment already.
greedy assholes