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He, as well as another man, were charged in February. But on Friday, the court dismissed the cases, determining that CSS is "ineffective" and does not "achieves the protection objective" as stated by law.While this decision could make DVD copying legal, at least in Finland, it will probably have a larger effect on AACS. The way things are going, this new DRM could be declared "ineffective" as well. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
The court heard from two technical experts, one for the prosecutor and one for the defense, who testified the CSS copy protection technology does little to stop consumers from copying DVDs due to an abundance of programs and decryption tools. CSS was cracked just a few years after its release by three hackers, including a 16-year-old Norwegian.
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Target Technology, a company that manufactures and sells thin film alloys for optical discs, has sued Sony in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana for violating a patent it holds on reflective layers used in optical storage media. The patent in question, no. 7,018,696, was filed for in April 2004 and issued in March 2006.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
Target Technology's complaint doesn't go into detail on exactly how Blu-ray infringes on its patents, but alleges that all Blu-ray discs manufactured, sold, and marketed by Sony are infringing. Target Technologies is demanding a jury trial, a declaration that the patents are valid and enforceable, damages, and an injunction barring Sony from future infringement.
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Retail prices of PMPs (portable multimedia players) are expected to drop from US$299-399 to US$99-199, due to significantly decreased costs of LCD panels and other key components as well as the availability of on-chip MP4 compression, according to Taiwan-based makers of MP3 players.If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Sales of PMPs have been short of expectations mainly because of high retail prices and the poor quality of video playback, the sources indicated. With adoption of on-chip MP4 compression, PMPs can play video at 20-24 frames per second making the resolution comparable with that of DVD video, according to the Taiwan-based MP3/PMP maker Ergotech.
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In this review we'll take a look at some of the features found on the DRW-1814BLT and see how it compares to some of the 18x DVD±RW drives from the competition. Does the DRW-1814BLT have what it takes? You'll have to read the review to find out.
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