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Samsung sued over encryption-ignoring DVD drive
Samsung has found themselves in a bit of hot water, with a lawsuit against them filed by some big players like Fox, Paramount, Time Warner, Universal and Disney. The reason? A particular model of Samsung DVD ROM, the DVD-HD841, can apparently be used to circumvent encryption technology used to prevent unauthorized duplication. That model of drive, however, hasn't been available for a year and a half. Samsung is as of yet undecided as to how they will handle this issue.
``In fact, we do not exactly know the contents of the lawsuit and the intention of the plaintiffs. We have yet to receive the complaint,’’ a Samsung spokesman said.
Encryption circumvention isn't exactly new, and it happens every day. Will targeting a single product produced by one company over a year ago have any real effect on the state of the market today? Probably not, but it could have future impliciations for companies producing enthusiast hardware such as HD-DVD and BluRay burners
``In fact, we do not exactly know the contents of the lawsuit and the intention of the plaintiffs. We have yet to receive the complaint,’’ a Samsung spokesman said.
Encryption circumvention isn't exactly new, and it happens every day. Will targeting a single product produced by one company over a year ago have any real effect on the state of the market today? Probably not, but it could have future impliciations for companies producing enthusiast hardware such as HD-DVD and BluRay burners
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User Comments (6)
Post a comment| DragonMaster on February 20, 2006 8:27 PM | The prices will go sky high on eBay I
suppose... Samsung is as of yet undecided as
to how they will handle this issue. They will recall
it? (I'm not sure that people will do that...)
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| crossfire851 on February 20, 2006 9:38 PM | They will make some claim that it's defective and it needs
to be recalled and can be exchanged for a newer model.
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| mentaljedi on February 21, 2006 6:29 AM | Originally posted by crossfire851: They
will make some claim that it's defective and it needs to be
recalled and can be exchanged for a newer
model. Well... not everyone's going to fall for that.
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| Cartz on February 21, 2006 10:19 AM | ***User unable to post as he is current scouring
ebay*** or not... but hey, I'm assuming this could be used to circumvent HDCP, if it could, it would pair nicely with my non-HDCP 2405wfp.
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| DragonMaster on February 21, 2006 3:10 PM | Well... not everyone's going to fall for that.
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| fiziks on February 21, 2006 3:21 PM | a better way to prevent the illegal duplications done on
this model would have been to not tell anybody about it...
but i suppose any money from the lawsuit could cover
inevitable losses
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