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[dvd-discuss] MovieMask - I'm sure the lawsuit is on its way
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- Subject: [dvd-discuss] MovieMask - I'm sure the lawsuit is on its way
- From: "Ernest Miller" <ernest.miller(at)yale.edu>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:31:40 -0500
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www.moviemask.com
Here is software that allows people to create metadata additions to DVDs.
You download a config file, and the movie plays from that, not the file on
the DVD. You can effectively create your own version of a movie on DVD,
editing out the naughty bits - make your own PG-13 movie from an R-Rated
DVD. Of course, there are more interesting uses - I wonder how long until
there is a phantom edit of the Star Wars Episode I DVD out.
Unfortunately, this violates all sorts of DVDCCA licenses. Their moviemask
FAQ says that the movie studios are aware of what moviemask is doing - but
seems to imply that they don't have official approval.
Slashdot article
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/14/1325246