Film Industry Group Files Lawsuit Against DVD Jukebox Maker
A film industry group has sued a high-end consumer electronics company, claiming its home theater jukebox system makes illegal copies of movie DVDs.The DVD Copy Control Association alleges its proprietary copy protection technology of movie DVDs, known as the Content Scramble System ["CSS"], is being misused in the Kaleidescape System that makes permanent copies of movie DVDs onto a hard drive and allows users to access the video library from anywhere in a home. With the system, which starts at $27,000 for the storage of up to 160 movies, multiple films can be simultaneously played in different rooms using accompanying movie players hooked up to a network.
The Copy Control Association, an arm of Hollywood studios, filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Kaleidescape Inc. on Tuesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court, seeking a judge's order to halt sales of the product. It's the latest move in the ongoing, larger war the movie industry has waged in trying to prevent what it considers unauthorized usage of its content.
It's apparently breach-of-contract suit because although Kaleidescape has a license to use the CSS technology, what it's doing allegedly violates the license. Details here from Newsfactor.
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Why don’t you imbeciles quit sinking buckoo bucks into suing people for creating programs which you consider to be copy right infringement material, and embrace the fact that your security for movies suck and you cant accept the fact that technology will always supercede market trends.
So as a solution to this, I offer you two things. First WHY people choose to copy movies, secondly, what you can do about it.
First off, like me I buy movies and I have a household of destructive forces, whether it is dogs, misuse, constant use, etc. CHILDREN… People do not like to invest in something that tends to be destroyed quickly. SO….
Like diamonds there are serial numbers engraved in each diamond. Why don’t you put a small code that is registered to each and every person who buys a movie. That way if someone else is viewing the dvd hundreds of miles away you know WHO AND WHY the DVD ended up over there rather than being bought. But that leaves out the fact that some people do travel. But if yet a third copy than you know there is copy right violation and material sharing.
Make it so most dvd players are directly hooked up to cable and dish. Make a chip that can send the material of the disk through these waves. Make sure that the user of the dvd player (playstations, dvd, anything that can play dvd’s) is able to put their personal information into the dvd player and can be transmitted when the dvd is loaded. The first time it is played than you will know who it is registered to. HOWEVER.. you have the issue of r4ental and copy…
Why don’t you simply allow it to be licensed to the rental place, have them run the dvd over the scanner and the rental and scan will relay who is renting it and shoulkd be verified with the dvd transmission. Yes you will spend a buck or two on the production of this technology, but Ill tell you what.. You will be sparing yourself and the people you are suing headaches and pocket drains and you will have the lead on the infringements.
Now start working on the solution not the problem yah jackasses.
Posted by: FORGET IT.. Just FOLLOW IT | August 27, 2005 10:58 AM