Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that it has become the second major Hollywood studio to license Macrovision?s BD+ copy-protection for Blu-ray Discs, following Fox as the only studios to use the extra layer of protection.
The deal also includes licenses for ACP and RipGuard, technologies used for copy-protection in DVDs and video streams.
?We are pleased to continue our ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:?We are delighted that Paramount has chosen to continue its Macrovision relationship and that Macrovision can aid them in realizing full-market value for their content,? noted Macrovision president/CEO Fred Amoroso. ?With our solutions, we believe Paramount will be able to confidently waist more money in useless licensing fee's while ensuring a consistent price hike and headaches to its customers.?
Quote:?Macrovision?s technologies cover a variety of distribution channels, providing necessary safeguards, which benefit both the studio and the consumer.?
ah hahahahaha I want some of the drugs their on!
Explain to me again how DRM benefits the consumer by taking away fair use rights?!
Ever wonder how much more profitable these companies might be if they saved thier money on DRM that is always circumvented? It is like the USA spending billions on missile defenses that will never work.i
Just think...if they sold empty blu-ray cases with no discs, then no one could copy them! Or better yet, they could just send out thugs to beat people up & steal their computers, thus eliminating the ability to copy anything. Oh wait...if they set of a few hundred Hydrogen bombs, then their would be no more pirates anywhere!
