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Warner Bros. sued over stealing anti-piracy tech
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article published on 24 May, 2010
In an ironic twist, Warner Bros. has been sued this week for stealing an anti-piracy technology patent.
Medien Patent Verwaltung(MPV) of Germany is the company doing the accusing, saying Warner and Technicolor began unlawfully using the technology after it was shown to them in 2003.
The studio was shown the technology, which is "a method of marking films with a distinctive code so ... [ read the full article ]
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24. May 2010 @ 23:46 |
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Oh the irony.
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Buga
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25. May 2010 @ 00:02 |
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How funny.
I say WB should have to pay out $7,600 per DVD they put the anti-tech on. Why not.... lol
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Tristan_2
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25. May 2010 @ 00:09 |
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This is going to be a fun lawsuit
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25. May 2010 @ 00:38 |
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Don't pirate our movies. it is OK to pirate other peoples things, just not ours.
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25. May 2010 @ 01:32 |
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You know what they say - no honor among thieves.
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25. May 2010 @ 03:09 |
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I'm not sure what is better...someone stealing anti-theft technology, or someone being robbed as they try to sell anti-theft technology.
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25. May 2010 @ 11:37 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
I'm not sure what is better...someone stealing anti-theft technology, or someone being robbed as they try to sell anti-theft technology.
For some reason that reminds me of people who try to pirate AnyDVD in order to pirate movies...seems a little twisted.
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25. May 2010 @ 12:05 |
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Originally posted by Buga:
How funny.
I say WB should have to pay out $7,600 per DVD they put the anti-tech on. Why not.... lol
The anti-piracy technology is for theaters, not DVDs/Blu-Rays. It's supposed to make it so the MPAA can track a CAM to the exact theater that it was recorded at. However, this means Warner Bros. should pay $6,250 per theater that it was used in from the time they started using it.
This means if an average movie is shown in 3,000 theaters with them releasing 10 movies per year since 2004 they should pay MPV $1,125,000,000 if we're using the MPAA's "One download equals one sale loss" logic.
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Dapsone
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25. May 2010 @ 17:52 |
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Oh My F'ing God how hilarious is this...... as said above, the irony.... but, really, is anyone surprised? I think not.
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25. May 2010 @ 17:52 |
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Wow.. Movie companies and the MPAA and RIAA outlash at people for stealing and pirating and these big companies are just as guilty. That is ironic. Sounds like they need to practice what they preach.
I have a plan. people will stop pirating when the companies that produce the material can be honest and actually produce quality material and deliver it to the people in a media format they like and keep it affordable.
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25. May 2010 @ 20:20 |
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Originally posted by Deadrum33:
Don't pirate our movies. it is OK to pirate other peoples things, just not ours.
Of, course that's what America is all about. Taking advantage of other people and businesses with means to screw other people and businesses out of competition and money. Irony indeed for WB!
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25. May 2010 @ 20:21 |
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even if mpv sues warner bros and wins, they won't get much. warner bros will get what amounts to a slap on the wrist just like microsoft did when they were clearly infringing on someone's xml patents. the law says screw the little guy.
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25. May 2010 @ 23:43 |
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The movie studios know you would have to be a moron to pay for IP...so they steal the technology to try to prevent others from stealing their IPs!
As for people stealing AnyDVD, that seems very appropriate; the strange thing would be paying for it; as that would be paying to pirate! I suspect most of their paying customers are people who just want to backup their DVDs, and are not pirates at all.
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26. May 2010 @ 06:58 |
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Germans always trying to make a buck.
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27. May 2010 @ 22:49 |
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Americans always trying to steal a buck.
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28. May 2010 @ 13:43 |
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As completely funny, ironic and making my week, month, no year, i think we have all over looked something here.
What if they did lose and they had to pay out, whos going to really pay.... ? it will be us the ugly and unwashed masses, as im sure they will just screw us all harder to keep those projected profits ontrack.
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28. May 2010 @ 17:43 |
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Originally posted by plazma247:
As completely funny, ironic and making my week, month, no year, i think we have all over looked something here.
What if they did lose and they had to pay out, whos going to really pay.... ? it will be us the ugly and unwashed masses, as im sure they will just screw us all harder to keep those projected profits ontrack.
If they lose then they will gain it back by overcharging us poor viewers.
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29. May 2010 @ 00:29 |
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Originally posted by bobshell:
Originally posted by plazma247:
As completely funny, ironic and making my week, month, no year, i think we have all over looked something here.
What if they did lose and they had to pay out, whos going to really pay.... ? it will be us the ugly and unwashed masses, as im sure they will just screw us all harder to keep those projected profits ontrack.
If they lose then they will gain it back by overcharging us poor viewers.
Let 'em raise prices...blank DVDs and BluRays will just keep getting cheaper. That price that BestBuy charges means nothing to me.
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dufas
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31. May 2010 @ 13:29 |
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The movie industry has been stealing for years and years. Script ideas, royalties, blackmail, tax evasion, even outright theft of money has littered the industry's past. They have always lived and acted in their own low morality and self interest and expect everyone else to act in the industry's interest also. Sort of like the Mafia, "We can screw you but you had better not screw us" mentality..
Remember,.....The first Batman movie was, for a while, the highest grossing movie ever....but, through creative bookkeeping, it didn't even break even and not one cent of taxes was paid. Little tricks like start a new company that you own and have this new company do something like build an expensive set which you then rent to yourself then sell the company to your spouse at a loss then your spouse files the company for bankruptcy.The money, as far as accounting goes, gets lost but in reality, remains in your pocket without paying any taxes.. There are other methods they use all the time to give the illusion of a loss....
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31. May 2010 @ 14:20 |
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It's a funny news. Isn't it funny that someone's stealing anti-theft technology, or someone's being robbed while trying to sell anti-theft technology. :D
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banjar
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31. May 2010 @ 23:27 |
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edited by ddp
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31. May 2010 @ 23:40
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ddp
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31. May 2010 @ 23:41 |
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banjar, post edited due to stupidity.
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1. June 2010 @ 00:50 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
As for people stealing AnyDVD, that seems very appropriate; the strange thing would be paying for it; as that would be paying to pirate! I suspect most of their paying customers are people who just want to backup their DVDs, and are not pirates at all.
There is another reason for using AnyDVD_HD, that is because it makes all your hardware components work properly together. That DRM can stuff them up. Also, I believe there is less CPU usage with AnyDVD.
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1. June 2010 @ 05:30 |
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
Originally posted by KillerBug:
As for people stealing AnyDVD, that seems very appropriate; the strange thing would be paying for it; as that would be paying to pirate! I suspect most of their paying customers are people who just want to backup their DVDs, and are not pirates at all.
There is another reason for using AnyDVD_HD, that is because it makes all your hardware components work properly together. That DRM can stuff them up. Also, I believe there is less CPU usage with AnyDVD.
I wouldn't know; I have never used it for anything but ripping; I turn it off the rest of the time. From what I understand, it does not remove HDCP...otherwise I would get a HDMI capture card.
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DADEO1
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1. June 2010 @ 06:44 |
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Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
Originally posted by Buga:
How funny.
I say WB should have to pay out $7,600 per DVD they put the anti-tech on. Why not.... lol
The anti-piracy technology is for theaters, not DVDs/Blu-Rays. It's supposed to make it so the MPAA can track a CAM to the exact theater that it was recorded at. However, this means Warner Bros. should pay $6,250 per theater that it was used in from the time they started using it.
This means if an average movie is shown in 3,000 theaters with them releasing 10 movies per year since 2004 they should pay MPV $1,125,000,000 if we're using the MPAA's "One download equals one sale loss" logic.
Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
Originally posted by Buga:
How funny.
I say WB should have to pay out $7,600 per DVD they put the anti-tech on. Why not.... lol
The anti-piracy technology is for theaters, not DVDs/Blu-Rays. It's supposed to make it so the MPAA can track a CAM to the exact theater that it was recorded at. However, this means Warner Bros. should pay $6,250 per theater that it was used in from the time they started using it.
This means if an average movie is shown in 3,000 theaters with them releasing 10 movies per year since 2004 they should pay MPV $1,125,000,000 if we're using the MPAA's "One download equals one sale loss" logic.
I agree, however, how about per customers per showing.
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