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Household Entertainment
by Eric Hanson on October 19, 2006

This time around, it's a company called Aladdin who's got a product called an XCD that's basically a CD or DVD embedded with a chip. If I'm reading this NewScientist report correctly, you need to plug in a USB key (that comes with the disc, I guess) to play the CD or DVD in your computer. Yes, you read that correctly: you want to rip the CD you bought (as, you know, you have the legal right to do), you need to plug in a USB key as well as put the CD in the tray. Call me crazy, but I don't see consumers going for this one to strongly. In fact, if this DRM system finds a home among CD and DVD producers, it may just kill the CD and DVD as formats in the process.
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Mr Wong
Vote for Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Latest Stupid Copy Protection Scheme:
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Rating: 8.75 out of 4 vote(s) cast.
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Response from:
Strony
(10/19/06 6:58pm)
Really stupid... But meaby it stops piracy.
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