Reports continue to filter in about DVDs that refuse to play on standard players from Toshiba, LG, Pioneer, Sony, and others. The culprit is titles that utilize Sony's ARccOS copy protection scheme, such as Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," The Weinstein Company's "Lucky Number Slevin," and Sony's "Casino Royale," "The Holiday," and "Stranger Than Fiction." ARccOS artificially scrambles sectors on the disc in an attempt to keep users from ripping the disc to a drive. Many older (or less sophisticated) players simply skip these corrupted areas as unreadable and continue on. Computers -- and unfortunately, some newer players -- try to perform error correction on these areas and fail playback. When contacted, Sony seems to deny the problem, much like Microsoft and the 360 disc scratching, and simply passes the buck onto the player manufacturers to upgrade their firmware. Meanwhile, many users have simply downloaded programs to bypass the protection and make copies without the "defect." So, is this a rootkit-like class action lawsuit in the making? Is it just overblown hype over a few players that don't follow standards? Another example of copy protection that bites legitimate users and ignores the real problem? And do average consumers even care?Monday, April 16, 2007
Sony copy protection taking heat again: now DVDs won't play
Reports continue to filter in about DVDs that refuse to play on standard players from Toshiba, LG, Pioneer, Sony, and others. The culprit is titles that utilize Sony's ARccOS copy protection scheme, such as Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," The Weinstein Company's "Lucky Number Slevin," and Sony's "Casino Royale," "The Holiday," and "Stranger Than Fiction." ARccOS artificially scrambles sectors on the disc in an attempt to keep users from ripping the disc to a drive. Many older (or less sophisticated) players simply skip these corrupted areas as unreadable and continue on. Computers -- and unfortunately, some newer players -- try to perform error correction on these areas and fail playback. When contacted, Sony seems to deny the problem, much like Microsoft and the 360 disc scratching, and simply passes the buck onto the player manufacturers to upgrade their firmware. Meanwhile, many users have simply downloaded programs to bypass the protection and make copies without the "defect." So, is this a rootkit-like class action lawsuit in the making? Is it just overblown hype over a few players that don't follow standards? Another example of copy protection that bites legitimate users and ignores the real problem? And do average consumers even care?
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Swat Training Backfires
Members of the Indiana State Emergency Rescue Team are taking part in a SWAT entrance breach training exercise. Something tells me they used a little too much explosives.
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Swat Training Backfires - Click Here for more great videos and pictures!
Mr. Turner gets a DUI
This is a very funny DUI test. I love how half way through when the guy realized that he wasnt going to pass the test that he would change his excuse to that it wasnt him driving.
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Hilarious DUI Test - Click Here for more great videos and pictures!
David Blaine Street Magic Part 2
David Blaine is back and performing his rare brand of street magic. Are you sure you didnt buy a teddy bear? For more check out www.thisjustin.com.
Get Out Of My Bed
Ive actually been in this same situation before, its late and all you want to do is sleep in your own bed alone but someone wont take a hint. At least this dog has found a solution, I'll try this next time.
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Get Out Of My Bed - Click Here for more great videos and pictures!
Vasectomy News Report
What was suppose to be a serious news report on male vasectomys turned out to be a pretty funny blooper.
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Vasectomy News Report - Click Here for more great videos and pictures!
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