A DRM thought
Was reading about Blu-Ray and HD-DVD earlier. There was mention made of the added DRM they'd support - big whoop.
Now, when it comes to DVDs, I don't much care about DRM - I don't want to burn copies of any of my DVDs, so I can mostly ignore DRM considerations.
But I *do* like to have the ability to rip DVDs on my computer - mainly because I have a GP32, and will soon have it's successor, the GP2X, both of which have movie playing facilities.
However, they have a 3.5" screen that's ~320x240 pixels, and are limited to stereo. A movie ripped for that sort of screen is not going to be too wonderful on a HD screen, nor will stereo impress on a Dolby Digital sound system.
The thought occurs that if they made the next-gen movies really tough to crack, but had a smaller, unprotected, do-as-you-like-we-don't-care, non-HD copy of the movie with a soundtrack limited to stereo ALSO present on every disc, then I wouldn't actually give a stuff about the DRM measures. I could watch the DRM'd movies on my DVD player no problem, but still have copies of that movie on my GP2X for when I'm out & about.
It'll never happen, I know, but it's was a thought I had about the whole sorry DRM mess - instead of trying to make an uncrackable DRM, which will never happen, they could just make it not worth anybody's while to crack it: If you can still copy a movie as much as you like, just with a slightly lower quality picture & soundtrack, then most people would be happy with that.
Now, when it comes to DVDs, I don't much care about DRM - I don't want to burn copies of any of my DVDs, so I can mostly ignore DRM considerations.
But I *do* like to have the ability to rip DVDs on my computer - mainly because I have a GP32, and will soon have it's successor, the GP2X, both of which have movie playing facilities.
However, they have a 3.5" screen that's ~320x240 pixels, and are limited to stereo. A movie ripped for that sort of screen is not going to be too wonderful on a HD screen, nor will stereo impress on a Dolby Digital sound system.
The thought occurs that if they made the next-gen movies really tough to crack, but had a smaller, unprotected, do-as-you-like-we-don't-care, non-HD copy of the movie with a soundtrack limited to stereo ALSO present on every disc, then I wouldn't actually give a stuff about the DRM measures. I could watch the DRM'd movies on my DVD player no problem, but still have copies of that movie on my GP2X for when I'm out & about.
It'll never happen, I know, but it's was a thought I had about the whole sorry DRM mess - instead of trying to make an uncrackable DRM, which will never happen, they could just make it not worth anybody's while to crack it: If you can still copy a movie as much as you like, just with a slightly lower quality picture & soundtrack, then most people would be happy with that.
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