arstechnica.com — The Motion Picture Association of America took its crusade for selectable output control (SOC) to the next level on Thursday, responding to critics in the FCC's proceeding on the matter. The MPAA's July 31 filing takes particular exception to suggestions that the agency lift its prohibition on SOC on a two-year trial basis, ... read more
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swift2Aug 4, 2008
The MPAA should wall itself up and start drinking that cask of Amontillado. (Read Poe.)
pigfisterAug 4, 2008
lets not for get who is actually behind the MPAA - RIAA these are the companies that need to be targeted and boycotted into changing their ways.Name and shame the companies as all the **AA trade group name is for is to protect the f**king capitalist corporate globalist wankers from bad press.The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.
daversAug 4, 2008
Most HDTVs support HDCP, as do Blu-Ray and HD DVD players, and most modern PC graphics cards - so how do you know that nobody you know uses it? The idea is that it makes no difference to the end user, just an encrypted digital link.
Closed AccountAug 5, 2008
A green sollution, it seems.
t4m5t3rAug 5, 2008
well thats the "idea" unfortunatley thats not the way it works in real life.I know nobody's i knows using it because firstly most of the people using PC's or media centers i know are using PC's that I built and/or set up, and none of them are dense enough to waste money on Blu-Ray, so i KNOW none of them are using it, and although most HDTV's "support" it this doesnt mean much as theres no guarantee if it works, on how well it work, ect, ect, ect, Now my main gripe with this is that theres not one single person out there copying movies that is connecting a whole device to their video output cable to copy a dvd movie, sorry m8, but thats fanstasy land, i could get a 1 meg program for free that could do it faster and better on any PC, so that begs the question: What is the point?and the answer? none realy they just know that people will waste money on the latest carp regardless of how usefull or useless it is and the ones that wont spend their money are easily fooled into thinking they need this crap (most non technical people who have no idea)and then people even defend it without even knowing much about it. or the reason for it in the first place, and sorry to stop piracy is not the reason!
cultist667Nov 18, 2009
If this actually starts happening, begin dumping broken tvs and electronic equipment at the cable companies doorsteps as well as the MPAA. Give them the gift that keep on giving a grass roots movement to make them handle every tv and piece of equipment that has to be replaced to work with this scheme. Maybe when they get parking lots full of ewaste and tvs that fail to function over this scheme every morning on their doorstep they will think twice to believe that we are a bunch of gullible fools. We know full well the lies. Spread this concept around till its viral. Lets show these scumbags its our equipment not theirs and we will do what we damn well please with it.