Comments on: Movie Studios Sue Samsung Over Hack-Friendly DVD Player http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:39:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Charlie Murphey http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-257924 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:27:18 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-257924 See, Andy here Is Obviously an uneducated little girl. Andy, You need to wake the fuck up and get with the program. Its called change, No matter how unreasonable it may seem, You need to deal with it and quit being a little babbling bitch about it. Who gives a shit, just buy the damn dvd's and watch them. See, Andy here Is Obviously an uneducated little girl. Andy, You need to wake the fuck up and get with the program. Its called change, No matter how unreasonable it may seem, You need to deal with it and quit being a little babbling bitch about it. Who gives a shit, just buy the damn dvd’s and watch them.

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]]> by: Mikey http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13490 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:34:19 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13490 Hey Andy, I was called on the carpet. We gotta stop comparing the "family" to the RIAA/MPAA. Certain individuals have approached me and made it clear to me that they are NOT associated with the RIAA/MPAA. It seems that the "family" has standards... Hey Andy, I was called on the carpet. We gotta stop comparing the “family” to the RIAA/MPAA. Certain individuals have approached me and made it clear to me that they are NOT associated with the RIAA/MPAA.
It seems that the “family” has standards…

]]> by: RecycledElectrons http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13347 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:34:11 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13347 Let me repeat what I meant to say. This decision by the RIAA / MPAA / BSA organized crime family deprives many thousands of their best customers of the use of their high-value TV sets. They didn't shoot themselves in the foot. They strapped a claymore to their genetals (with the writing "this side towards enemy" facing in,) and set it off. It can not get any more clear. This won't do one thing to stop piracy, but it will harm their customers. My mom ran into someting similar with Windows 2000. She had a video card that is similar to (and uses the same video driver as ) a card that has a TV-out. She can not watch DVDs on her PC because Microsoft's copmy-protection crap will not let her. She had to decide between spending hundreds of dollars to watch DVDs, or breaking her movie habit. She broke her movie habit. If you do business with the RIAA / MPAA / BSA organized crime family, you have to be willing to spend thousands of dollars to meet their irrational demans...WTF?!?! Will someone please tell me - if you still watch TV, DVSs or movies...WHY?!?! I dont' belive that anyone who still watches TV, DVDs, or movies qualifies as a human. They are in the same legal classification the Supreme Court puts fetuses in. They might technically be human, but they don't qualify as legal "people." It's my choice if I want to kill them. They have no right to be alive. They are choices, not people. Andy Out! Let me repeat what I meant to say.

This decision by the RIAA / MPAA / BSA organized crime family deprives many thousands of their best customers of the use of their high-value TV sets.

They didn’t shoot themselves in the foot. They strapped a claymore to their genetals (with the writing “this side towards enemy” facing in,) and set it off.

It can not get any more clear. This won’t do one thing to stop piracy, but it will harm their customers.

My mom ran into someting similar with Windows 2000. She had a video card that is similar to (and uses the same video driver as ) a card that has a TV-out. She can not watch DVDs on her PC because Microsoft’s copmy-protection crap will not let her. She had to decide between spending hundreds of dollars to watch DVDs, or breaking her movie habit. She broke her movie habit.

If you do business with the RIAA / MPAA / BSA organized crime family, you have to be willing to spend thousands of dollars to meet their irrational demans…WTF?!?!

Will someone please tell me - if you still watch TV, DVSs or movies…WHY?!?!

I dont’ belive that anyone who still watches TV, DVDs, or movies qualifies as a human. They are in the same legal classification the Supreme Court puts fetuses in. They might technically be human, but they don’t qualify as legal “people.” It’s my choice if I want to kill them. They have no right to be alive. They are choices, not people.

Andy Out!

]]> by: Mark http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13317 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:24:04 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13317 I could defininately see some kind of lawsuit coming on behalf of the consumer. If you already have an HD tv you should be able to watch HD without having to get new equipment or some kind of adapter. I also like watching anime and foreign films, many of which never get released here. You couldn't watch many of them in the USA without a region free player. I could defininately see some kind of lawsuit coming on behalf of the consumer. If you already have an HD tv you should be able to watch HD without having to get new equipment or some kind of adapter.
I also like watching anime and foreign films, many of which never get released here. You couldn’t watch many of them in the USA without a region free player.

]]> by: Mikey http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13311 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:29:44 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13311 How about we sue the entire "entertainment" industry on conspiracy and racketeering charges. After all, they are behaving exactly like a criminal syndicate in that they are the organization controlling both access and content. At least the Mafia doesn't use the courts to try to screw the customer over... I've given up trying to reason it out. They lose money by clamping down on the media that they alone produce, and then they accuse people of "stealing" what those very same people paid for. Wait. It gets better. Then they pressure the manufacturers to "fix" their products so the player being sold to the public will not play the media. Whats next, a media player thats tied directly to the bank accounts at Vivendi/MPAA/RIAA which spits out a one time use code to enable the networked player to operate just once? Want to see it again? Pay them again. I dont like this already. How about we sue the entire “entertainment” industry on conspiracy and racketeering charges. After all, they are behaving exactly like a criminal syndicate in that they are the organization controlling both access and content. At least the Mafia doesn’t use the courts to try to screw the customer over…
I’ve given up trying to reason it out. They lose money by clamping down on the media that they alone produce, and then they accuse people of “stealing” what those very same people paid for.
Wait. It gets better. Then they pressure the manufacturers to “fix” their products so the player being sold to the public will not play the media. Whats next, a media player thats tied directly to the bank accounts at Vivendi/MPAA/RIAA which spits out a one time use code to enable the networked player to operate just once? Want to see it again? Pay them again.
I dont like this already.

]]> by: AE http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13308 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:52:17 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13308 I often wondered the risk of purchasing a high-end HDTV years ago. Formats change fairly rapidly, and now it is very plain to see. It will be sad that I will have to knowingly break the law so that I may simply watch content that I've paid for on a system that I've paid for. If there is a will there is a way. This phrase should brought up more often to anti-piracy groups. No matter how much they try to lock down a system, there will be ways to circumvent a system. I often wondered the risk of purchasing a high-end HDTV years ago. Formats change fairly rapidly, and now it is very plain to see. It will be sad that I will have to knowingly break the law so that I may simply watch content that I’ve paid for on a system that I’ve paid for.

If there is a will there is a way. This phrase should brought up more often to anti-piracy groups. No matter how much they try to lock down a system, there will be ways to circumvent a system.

]]> by: David Johnston http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13307 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:38:11 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13307 "Lets sue every OS in existance because they allow emulation software to be run." Yes, and we should also sue the people who make any kind of electronics hardware because someone could conceivably modify it or use it or crack it to break the DRM on DVD's ;) In fact, the movie studios should sue themselves for making DRM that's crackable. If it had been perfect, then nobody could break it. So, really, it's all the studios faults that people can crack DRM schemes ;) “Lets sue every OS in existance because they allow emulation software to be run.”

Yes, and we should also sue the people who make any kind of electronics hardware because someone could conceivably modify it or use it or crack it to break the DRM on DVD’s ;)

In fact, the movie studios should sue themselves for making DRM that’s crackable. If it had been perfect, then nobody could break it. So, really, it’s all the studios faults that people can crack DRM schemes ;)

]]> by: OM http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13301 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:51:03 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13301 Lets sue every OS in existance because they allow emulation software to be run. Lets sue every OS in existance because they allow emulation software to be run.

]]> by: Tom Campanile http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13293 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:21:00 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2719#comment-13293 I'll buy a hackable model, or nothing. I’ll buy a hackable model, or nothing.

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