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Originally posted by CookieRevised
linx05, those DVDs _are_ in spec. And almost any DVD player can play them. The problem starts when you want to play them on your PC. And that is exactly the thing. Some DVDs (and CDs) are not meant to be played on a PC, because this is how the copies are made. You do not automatically have the right to play them on whatever you want, especially not on a PC, and that is probably what such a copy protection tries to prevent (it is more common with CDs).
I'm sorry but those DVDs are not in spec. Read up on it if you do not believe me. Maybe your head has grown too big for this forum? I don't know because you seemed to skim past my whole post and hit the reply button.
If I want to watch a DVD on my computer then I will do that. They can't control us and tell us that "no, computers are a no no". Why can't I play them on my computer? Why can't I watch them on my older DVD player? I bought it so I have the right to. And for you to say that we don't is just ludicrous. Their copy-protection system has gone too far if they prevent us from doing just that.
I'll quote someone from the Doom9 forums:
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It's defective if a player which respects the DVD specs doesn't play it.
Yes, if the DVD is out of specs it is defective. Shall I re-word that for you?
It is about time people started to stand up to these big companies. I know I am sick of seeing people have to return a DVD 3/4 times only to find out it is a new copy-protection. This isn't about cracking a program or releasing movies on to the Internet. This is about giving the customers what they deserve, fair use. More power to the people in this circumstance.
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