Report: DVD ripping less a threat than file sharing
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Blog: Only 2 percent of Internet households have installed DVD-ripping software on their computers, according to NPD Group.
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DVDs will be harder to pirate thanks to new copy protection measures by Macrovision.
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Description: A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that companies that provide software that runs two Internet-based file-sharing networks are not liable for copyright infringement by people who use the networks to share music and movies.
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A licensing agreement currently in the final stages of negotiation may provide consumers with the right to legally make copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they've purchased. Such an arrangement would address a primary concern of DRM critics, who argue that consumers deserve the right to create backups without being accused of piracy.
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Compression rates with de-duplication technology range from 3:1 to 500:1 and can reduce backups to the point where disk is a viable online alternative to traditional tape backups.
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Three images embedded in the surface of Windows Vista's installation DVDs may be  too small to see with the naked eye, but they're no big mystery, according to Microsoft Corp. They're part of the company's anti-piracy efforts.
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Is CBS adequately addressing digital distribution?
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Can the movie studios kill the most promising new DVD format?
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The increased zeal among copyright holders to clamp down on any hint of piracy by online video sites puts the notion of user-generated content at risk.
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For the first time, more US households now own DVD players than video recorders, according to a survey that reinforced the decline of the 30-year-old tape technology.
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Replacing physical CDs with digital music downloads doesn't necessarily help the environment.
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InfoWorld - After cracking the encryption system that protected DVDs in order to play the discs he had bought on a PC running Linux, Jon Lech Johansen has his sights set on liberating other audiovisual content from the format in which it is sold.
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Can the act of file sharing take place "passively," without the users' direct involvement; and if so, can they no longer be held liable for copyright infringement? That's the question a US district court is preparing to consider.
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A technology that allows movies to be downloaded and burned to blank DVDs using the same content-protection system as commercial discs received official approval.
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Bram Cohen didn't set out to upset Hollywood movie studios. But his innovative online file-sharing software, BitTorrent, has grown into a piracy problem the film industry is struggling to handle.
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'NO copy protection - respect the music' stamped on !K7 discs
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Tussle over next-generation DVD format could alienate consumers.