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<HTML><HEAD> <TITLE>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><CENTER><H1>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</H1></CENTER>发信人: linuxrat (叫我老鼠错不了), 信区: Linux <BR>标 题: "好赖污"害怕了么? 关于DVD. [Forward] <BR>发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Fri Dec 31 15:02:31 1999) <BR> <BR> Copyright(C) 2000 by <A HREF="http://news.cnet.com/">http://news.cnet.com/</A> <BR> Forwarded by Linuxrat by the end of 1999. <BR> ____________________________________________________________________ <BR> <BR> DVD piracy program propagates on the Net <BR> By Stephanie Miles and Michael Kanellos <BR> Staff Writers, CNET News.com <BR> November 4, 1999, 1:25 p.m. PT <BR> <BR> Are Hollywood's fears about DVD piracy becoming reality? <BR> <BR> That may be the case as a new software utility circulating on the <BR> Internet theoretically allows anyone with a DVD drive on her PC to <BR> make copies of DVD movies and store them on her hard drive or copy <BR> them to rewritable CD-ROM discs. <BR> <BR> The program is reportedly a by-product of efforts to create a DVD <BR> software player for Linux-based computers. RealNetworks' Xing DVD <BR> player lacked the traditional encryption that protects most <BR> software DVD players, allowing developers to create software that <BR> descrambles the encryption on a DVD movie and compresses the file <BR> to a manageable size. <BR> <BR> "We're certainly looking into the matter," said a RealNetworks <BR> spokesman, declining to comment further. <BR> <BR> But while the program making the rounds of newsgroups and Internet <BR> sites has the potential to facilitate mass piracy, the logistics of <BR> copying and distributing digital movies are so complicated and <BR> unwieldy as to render the whole process "more trouble than its <BR> worth," according to one observer. <BR> <BR> The program's illicit potential hardly marks the first threat of <BR> DVD piracy, industry observers say, even if it touches a sore spot. <BR> There has been a robust market for illegal copies of DVD movies in <BR> areas such as Eastern Europe and Asia for some time. And even if <BR> this new decryption technique is attractive to some large-scale <BR> replicators, it is unlikely to make a huge impact on the domestic <BR> market for digital movies, analysts say. <BR> <BR> The process could work like this. After copying a DVD movie to <BR> one's hard drive, the replicated movie can then be "burned" to a CD <BR> using a rewritable CD drive, according to Ted Pine, an analyst with <BR> InfoTech Research. An infinite number of copies can be then made <BR> from that master. <BR> <BR> Because of the degree of compression required to get a DVD movie <BR> onto the much smaller CD, however, the quality of the movie will <BR> not be that much better than a typical VHS tape, Pine said. <BR> <BR> In fact, movies copied using this utility will lack any of the <BR> "bells and whistles" of legitimate DVD-ROMs. The utility <BR> essentially lifts the digital video stream but not any of the fancy <BR> DVD features that allow for the presentation of background <BR> information or searches for particular chapters, Pine explained. <BR> <BR> "Not that it mitigates the significance of the problem, but the <BR> thing to consider is what exactly are you getting after putting <BR> your DVD through one of these 'rippers'? You're getting linear <BR> video content, but not the surround sound or interactive features," <BR> Pine said. Ripping is a common Internet term, usually applied to <BR> the MP3 music software, referring to the process of copying a title <BR> into a format that anyone can play. <BR> <BR> "It sounds like more trouble than its worth," said Erik Corrigan, <BR> president of 12Cm Multimedia Corporation, a DVD production company. <BR> DVD movies take up about 5GB of data, unlike pirated MP3 music, <BR> which can be compressed to a few megabytes and is thus much easier <BR> to store and distribute, he said. <BR> <BR> "So who's going to do this? Not you, and not me, and not even a <BR> casual MP3 user," Pine said. "The only person interested in <BR> infinite copies of a video CD output is a pirate." <BR> <BR> The circulating software utility isn't the first technology <BR> enabling video piracy, according to Corrigan. But most piracy <BR> operations invest tens of millions of dollars in equipment, rather <BR> than downloading free software utilities. <BR> <BR> Just a matter of time <BR> Still, a crack in encryption technology was inevitable, said Jim <BR> Porter, an analyst at Disktrend. <BR> <BR> "What did they expect? No matter what code they put out there to <BR> protect [content] it is still going to happen," he said "Any <BR> encryption program can eventually be broken." <BR> <BR> DVD in certain respects presents a double-edged sword for the film <BR> and TV world. On one hand, DVD provides better resolution than <BR> videotape, which could drive demand. Revenue from rental and sales <BR> to homes, of course, have become a significant component for most <BR> studios. <BR> <BR> On the other hand, the technology underlying DVD disks allows for <BR> the production of high-quality pirated versions, once the <BR> encryption hurdle is cleared. Reproduction can also be easier. <BR> Overall, this could make illegal copies more attractive to <BR> consumers. <BR> <BR> "They aren't concerned about what happens in suburban <BR> neighborhoods. They are concerned about what happens in China, <BR> Asia, South America" and other markets where piracy, and the market <BR> for pirated products, have a stronger foothold, Porter said. <BR> <BR>============================End================================ <BR>-- <BR>|======================+========================+====================| <BR>| 以无法为有法 , | 拳本无法,有法也空; | 我爱GNU/Linux, | <BR>| 以无限为有限 | 一法不立,无法不容。| 因为我爱自由! | <BR>| | | | <BR>| 截拳道宗师-李小龙 | 意拳宗师-王芗斋 | 土人 Linuxrat | <BR>|======================+========================+====================| <BR> <BR>※ 来源:·BBS 水木清华站 smth.org·[FROM: 202.112.168.252] <BR><CENTER><H1>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</H1></CENTER></BODY></HTML>
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