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harrisonford
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[url]http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198701186
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EE Times
(03/29/2007 4:31 PM EDT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Superior Court judge ruled Thursday (March 29) a startup's media server does not violate the security technology used to protect DVD disks because the standard licensing contract and specifications for the technology are so poorly worded.
The decision marks a rare, though small victory for a Silicon Valley startup facing the interests of a group of large movie studios and consumer and computer companies. The ruling also could open the door for other systems makers who want to design personal video libraries that store DVD movies on hard drives.
Judge Leslie C. Nichols ruled against the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA) in a civil suit that asked the court to force startup Kaleidescape to change its design or stop selling its server that stores hundreds of DVD movies on a hard drive array. Nichols said the basis for his decision was his ruling that an entire section of the DVD CCA's spec for the Content Scramble System (CSS) was not technically included as part of the license agreement.
Look like you can built your own movie theater system with back-up DVD to get around CSS, or meybe you with to start a new company to make home theaters systems with movie and music that support legally owned DVD content, almost makes me smile, now we need a front end software program to make it work, maybe a embedded system for about $800 with a terabyte to start with would be nice instead of a $30,000 system or try .... the rest is at the above link,
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[/url]www.amx.com
another system starting at $45,000, well I don't have one yet ... ha ha ha
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thecoalman
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Joined: 25 Feb 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
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SCDVD
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Joined: 05 Oct 2004
Location: United States
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BJ_M
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Joined: 30 Jul 2002
Location: Canada
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Kaleidescape is not really a start up company - they have been around for years
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