DVD+r set to get its own DRM

[kirpen]

New DRM Scheme Could Make Current DVD Players Obsolete
01.05.05 By Mark Hachman, ExtremeTech
LAS VEGAS—Guess what? Your DVD player might now be obsolete.

Hewlett-Packard and Philips said Wednesday that they have developed a content-protection system for DVDs, designed to protect users from burning "protected" DTV broadcasts. The encryption system will be built into next-generation DVD players as well as media.

Without a player and disc using the new Video Content Protection Scheme (VTCS), DVD burners won't be able to record digital video under the new regulations. That will mean that the enormous installed base of DVD players and burners may be forced into obsolescence, executives said.

The new Video Content Protection Scheme scheme is designed to work hand-in-glove with the new FCC "broadcast flag" initiative, scheduled to begin on July 1, 2005. The FCC wants to try and protect content from being passed indiscriminately among private individuals via the Internet and other means. VCTS has been approved by the FCC, the CableLabs consortium of cable providers, and is under consideration by the Japanese ARIB standards body.

Even the VCTS solution is not foolproof, however.

For example, the VCTS the DRM solution will only work with the single- and dual-layer versions of DVD+R and DVD+RW media, not the "-R" counterparts. Furthermore, analog video will not require the protection scheme, meaning that video stored on analog VCRs could be free of the copyright restrictions. On the other hand, if either digital video or a digital connection is used, the VCTS scheme will be used. That will also include PCs, where content could be piped over the Internet. You can read the rest here
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1748628,00.asp

[Greg12]

I dont believe this will happen. To force everyone to buy a new dvd player would be disastorious

[MOVIEGEEK]

VCTS has been discussed before,it only works on new standalone DVD recorders when recording cable/satellite content using firewire or DVI.
I guess it's another reason to use DVD-R and DVD-RAM.