They really don’t realize how they are driving consumers to Bit Torrent, do they?

If I wanted to make a tape of my LP for my boom box in 1981, that was simple, and now they want to prevent this.

The customer base is increasingly technically savvy, and they increasingly understand how the industry is all about ripping off the artist, so they do not see the industry as benefiting anyone but themselves.

The regime required for the future will make Beria’s NKVD look like a kiddie show.

DVD ripping to be rendered impossible?
By James Sherwood
Published Monday 25th June 2007 12:52 GMT

Buying a DVD and then copying it for use on your PSP, iPod or laptop could soon become impossible, if the DVD Copy Control Association gets its way.

The association wants to amend the licence underpinning the use of its DVD copy-protection technology, CSS (Content Scrambling System). This would, if successful, oblige you to have the original disc in your DVD drive every time you watched it.

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However, the move is already prompting industry opposition. Michael Malcolm, CEO of Kaleidescape, a company that manufactures video servers to copy DVDs legally for use in multi-room display systems, has already written an open letter to the US Senate, claiming such a move could destroy businesses like his.
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