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Swedish Copyright Collective – Technology Is Killing the Blank Disc Star
When was the last time you burned a CD or a DVD? If you haven't done that in a while, you aren't alone according to a copyright collective that ...
Hollywood May Quit Selling DVDs in Spain
Sony boss Michael Lynton complains that rampant piracy and legal commercial P2P has put the country on the verge of "no longer being a viable home entertainment market."
According to Michael ...
Has Blu-Ray’s Moment Arrived?
Have you made the jump to Blu-Ray? The next generation disc format, the "successor" to DVD, has now been on the market for three years, promising High Definition visuals and ...
10 Years of DeCSS and Xvid
Many recent articles on file-trading and the P2P community have noted that the Napster phenomenon occurred ten years ago, marking a decade of joy for down-loaders and despair for the ...
Finland Wants to Criminalize Talking About DRM Circumvention
Is it criminal to even talk about CSS contained in a DVD? Apparently, with respect to circumvention, that's what Finland wants to do through a controversial court case. ...
New Nintendo Wii ISO Backup Loader Reopens Videogame Backup Debates
With the release of a new tool that allows people to play backed up copies of games available on Nintendo Wii, some are suggesting that this is really little more ...
Warrantless Search and Seizures for Piracy Pushed by Irish Justice Minister
Should the Irish police be burdened with getting a warrant whenever there is a suspicion of piracy? According to Dermot Ahern, the Irish Justice minister, the answer appears to ...
China’s Online Gaming Industry Performance Puts Alleged Piracy Effects in Question
For those who have heard about China being a hotbed for piracy a million times by anti-piracy organizations, there's an interesting report on just how the actual online video game ...
India Report – There’s Not Enough Pirate Courts Here
Sometimes, there is the odd report coming from Asia about a massive piracy bust with reportedly millions of CDs and DVDs being confiscated, but the aftermath of a major raid ...
France Poised to Change Blank Media Levy Calculating System
Burning a CD or a DVD may be an extraordinary convenience for many, but the very way royalties are calculated before being collected in France may change - and it ...
Thai Police Busts Bootleg Operation
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has announced (PDF) that 25,000 DVDs were confiscated and 5 arrests were made in a Bangkok bust.
The Motion Picture Association were congratulating police ...
DVDs outsell music for first time, says Virgin
Virgin Megastores defied the gloom in the entertainment market over Christmas, pushing its underlying sales ahead by 4.6% in the four weeks to December 30 and increasing its market share.
Its ...
Will Blu-ray lose the DVD wars? New Hybrid DVD to be unveiled
A new hybrid DVD from Warner Home Video will contain both HD DVD and DVD format video on the same disc.
Warner Home Video just announced via Reuters yesterday that ...
Hybrid answers to DVD format wars
The first DVD player to play both rival high definition DVD formats has been announced by South Korean firm LG.
The dual-format player will be able to play the Sony-backed ...
Rumors of hybrid HD DVD/Blu-ray players resurfacing
Blu-ray and HD DVD players and movies can now be easily found on store shelves. As expected, sales of the players so far have been less than stellar. Could consumers ...
EVD, the Chinese DVD alternative Part 2
After its previously failed attempts at attracting consumers, it was announced yesterday that the EVD, or Enhanced Versatile Disc, is being rereleased in a new massive campaign to promote ...
Blockbuster cuts cheapest online DVD rental plan
Blockbuster, the No 1 video rental store chain in the United States, has withdrawn its lowest online-subscription price and is testing a program to allow its online subscribers to exchange ...
Invention: Smart-card DVDs
CDs and DVDs have been around for a while, nevertheless, American-Israeli company Aladdin think it can breathe new life into these formats by creating a disc that combines optical storage ...
Retailers pressure studios on Web deals
National retailers that control the lucrative DVD market are pressuring Hollywood studios to give them the same favorable deals being offered to Web-based download services such as Apple Computer Inc.'s ...
