Hollywood sues Samsung

**Jared Moya** · February 22nd, 2006, 10:32 PM

Sony may be getting away with it vis-à-vis camcorders and burners, but Hollywood isn't allowing Samsung to make DVD players which allegedly allow users to, "avoid encryption features that prevent unauthorized duplication," says the Korea Times, quoting Bloomberg News.

Over the weekend, Bloomberg reported Walt Disney, Time Warner and three other major film makers, "filed the lawsuit against Samsung in U.S. court," says the story, going on:

"In response, Samsung refused to confirm the high-profile suit that involves Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios on top of Disney and Time Warner. 'In fact, we do not exactly know the contents of the lawsuit and the intention of the plaintiffs. We have yet to receive the complaint, a Samsung spokesman said.

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**boogiedan** · February 23rd, 2006, 02:36 AM

Hollywood make me sick these day's
there after gaining money and suing all n everyone!

**Signa** · February 23rd, 2006, 04:58 AM

besides macrovison, what copy protections can a dvd player support? its not like you can hook it up to your pc and use it as a ripper. and macrovicon just plain blows as a protection

**shawners** · February 23rd, 2006, 05:33 AM

Shouldnt they sue since they make shit thats harder for DVD players to play.

**MorphineInduced** · February 23rd, 2006, 06:27 AM

i guess they have to find a way to make up for this years list of crappy actors that they pay high budgets to star in there poorly scripted movies ......... maybe they will use that money and turn around and hire someone from the SunDance Fest and then they wont have to find ways to make up there losses

**lifehacker** · February 23rd, 2006, 06:54 AM

Strange. Theyre suing Samsung but not Slysoft (AnyDvd), Alcohol 120, Daemon Tools, BlindWrite, GameJack, etc which far more people use to break protections than a Samsung Dvd player.

**Jared Moya** · February 23rd, 2006, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by MorphineInduced

i guess they have to find a way to make up for this years list of crappy actors that they pay high budgets to star in there poorly scripted movies ......... maybe they will use that money and turn around and hire someone from the SunDance Fest and then they wont have to find ways to make up there losses

well said, how much do you think Harrison Ford's got for the last 6 piece of shit movies hes put out? Hollywood Cop, Firewall, etc.....yuck