Burn baby burn: Download copying OK’d
Posted on September 23, 2007
Filed Under Amazon Video on Demand, CinemaNow, MovieLink, Piracy
Downloaders soon will be able to legally burn discs of movies and TV shows they buy from CinemaNow, Movielink, Unbox and some of their rivals.
The industry watchdog DVD Copy Control Association said it will release software allowing the burned discs to be played on home system DVDs players. The content burned onto a disc cannot be daisy-chained, or copied again.
“This is great news,” CinemaNow chieftain Curt Marvis told the L.A. Times. “We expect the proliferation of burners that can burn these types of discs.”
The process of linking computers to TV screens to play movies hasn’t thrilled many consumers. Even using a device such as Apple TV, the images can look crappy and weirdly framed — good for Starwars Kid but not “Star Wars.” Presumably, the download-to-burn content will permit reproduction that’s competitive with studio DVDs.
The DVD CCA is the same bunch that enforces regional controls on DVDs, allowing distributors to control release patterns around the world. Multiregion DVD players, common overseas, are needed to override that control.
Update : Audio good guys Sonic Solutions detailed their download-burner software technology and said players should be hitting the market in the first quarter.
Movie Downloads. 100% Legal. No membership fees.
Comments
2 Responses to “Burn baby burn: Download copying OK’d”
Leave a Reply
[...] admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe process of linking computers to TV screens to play movies hasn’t thrilled many consumers. Even using a device such as Apple TV, the images can look crappy and weirdly framed — good for Starwars Kid but not “Star Wars. … [...]
[...] news comes just days after the DVD Copy Control Assn. announced it had cleared software that allows burned discs of downloads to be played on home-system DVD players. Burners and discs utilizing the Sonic Solutions Qflix [...]