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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Super DVD Security
I pay for Netflix. I get the streaming service as well as getting one DVD in the mail. My wife wanted to watch Disney's Brave. That isn't an unreasonable request. I put Brave on the DVD queue and I got the DVD in the mail. Netflix did their part. Next is our part. We inserted the DVD into our computer to play the movie in our living room. The DVD didn't work. Now, the computer is Linux, and DRM has always messed with Linux. I understand...the media industry doesn't support Linux. I try passing through the entire DVD to my Windows XP virtual machine. Both Windows Media Player and VLC cannot play the DVD. Ok, maybe its the entire "VM" thing. I can't expect every piece of software to run in such a weird setup. Since my wife is the one that wanted to watch it, I told her she should just watch it on her work laptop. She has a new Dell laptop that has Windows 7 Professional on it. She pops it in and Windows Media Player gives her the same error that Windows XP gave me: cannot turn on analog copy protection. Disney made a DVD so secure, that it cannot even be watched! I have decided that every time Netflix sends me a DVD that won't play on one of my computers that I will notify them that the DVD is damaged. In the mean time, here is Wil Wheaton talking about DRM. Enjoy!
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