DVD Copy Control Association will expand license to online merchants.
A film industry group is set to remove some of the procedural hurdles that prevented the legal recording of movies onto blank DVDs in a further sign that Hollywood studios are preparing to expand what consumers can do with downloadable movies.
Under rule changes expected to be finalized soon by the DVD Copy Control Association, retailers could create movie jukebox kiosks with which customers can select, say, an obscure title and burn it to a DVD on the spot.
Online merchants, like Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes Music Store, could start to allow video downloads to be transferred onto DVDs.
The DVD format exploded into a multi-billion-dollar global industry for movie and TV studios in large part because the largely universal format delivered a more convenient way to own movies than its predecessor, the VHS videotape.
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After reading the full article If I’m correct…The studios are finally sayin’ “If ya can’t beat ‘em then join ‘em” If that’s the case then great!
I HOPE you are right axlman….but I guess we will have to wait and see…..the industry is so greedy that I just don’t trust them as far as I can throw them. I want to ask…… what is the catch?