2005 DVD Screeners From Disney to Latest Cinea Anti-piracy

[leguerisseur]

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-24-2005/0004192514&EDATE=

[smearbrick1]

Doesn't this sound alot like the old Circuit City DIVX thing?

How is creating an entirely new DVD and a special player just for those DVDs helping to curtail piracy in current DVD titles? Besides, I'd love to see Hollywood try and push this crap into the current DVD marketplace, and see how many people will actually line up to be the first ones to connect a phone line to their DVD player for "piracy tracking".

[somebodeez]

Since I am not a recipient of screeners from Studios, this is ok by me BUT if they try this for regular home usage that would be unacceptable.

We are also exploring the possibility of
incorporating Cinea's security technology into our entire post-production
process."

Not sure if that means they are considering this for regular home usage or not...

[adam]

smearbrick1 its only for screeners and only to be used by those who receive them, which looks like Academy Award judges and other such select people. Screeners have always gotten leaked by some of these insider people and this looks like a pretty effective way to stop it, at least for Disney films.

I think its safe to say there is no way this would ever be used for consumers and I think its clear that that is not what it was intended for.

[smearbrick1]

smearbrick1 its only for screeners and only to be used by those who receive them, which looks like Academy Award judges and other such select people. Screeners have always gotten leaked by some of these insider people and this looks like a pretty effective way to stop it, at least for Disney films.

I think its safe to say there is no way this would ever be used for consumers and I think its clear that that is not what it was intended for.

I was just speaking hypothetically, mostly. I can see the point. I can also see someone sitting in their plush little office, twisting their mustache, and plotting a way to take over the DVD market with these DVD players... Muhaaaaa!!!!!! Muhaaaaa!!!!! YOU ALL WILL PAY!!!!

Maybe not.

[kirky99]

Now how are they going to win an OSCAR is NOBODY sees the film? hehe

Disney is very much into protecting their content. This move doesn't surprise me, although I don't see it helping much, the movies have made it out to the general public usually long before the screeners are released.

[honorarybrutha]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117913214?categoryid=1236&cs=1

WB and New Line have become the first studios to give an official thumbs down to Cinea.
Time WarnerTime Warner-owned studios, along with their indie counterparts Warner Independent PicturesWarner Independent Pictures and Fine Line, sent a letter to Academy members on Oct. 25 to let them know they won't be sending screeners in the specially encrypted format that only works on Cinea players.

Instead, studios will be using watermarked DVD with technology that lets authorities track the origin if any copies are leaked onto the Internet or bootlegs. Technically the solution is analogous to that used on the screeners studios sent out last year, although it was previously applied primarily to VHS tapes.

[CaptainVideo]

I actually got a screener last year from Disney. A friend of mine let me borrow it. The packaging was similiar to what you would expect from a retail title. It was watermarked too.

I don't see how anyone who votes would complain about it. They would be receiving a free DVD player to play them. But the watermarks are enough of a deterrent. My friend was very very hesitant to loan it to me without me promising to severe my right hand if I made a copy.

[satviewer2000]

Did you see the latest movie earnings? Abyssmal. I think the Movie Industry "bubble" is about to burst, with only a few major players surviving, much like the "Internet Bubble" of 2000.

These draconian measures they are taking against piracy won't stop anything. The problem, as I see it, is that there just isn't much interest in going to theatres anymore. I haven't gone to the theatre for over 2 years, and I don't feel like I'm missing anything.

Now if they were to start producing, say, holographic movies which were only viewable in a theatre, then I might start going again. But until then, I'll stick with my home theatre.

[CaptainVideo]

I agree, part of the problem is most theaters have crap audio (no surround) and video systems and charge $9. My modest system is light years better than any experience in a most movie theaters.

And not to mention most of the movies they put out aren't all that interesting. All flash and no substance. The Doom movie being a prime example. I did watch it and enjoy it, but was it really worth $9? No.

[shelbyGT]

I still love the theatres. AMC is headed (or at least has a huge office) in the KC area. So following that, all of our movie theatres are top of the line. Nice surround, big screens, two level seating... makes for a nice experience!

But my home is better - leather seats!