Category: Social issues
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HDCP/HDMI broken, or nearly broken
The technology supposed to protect the equipments aimed at digital TV with a semi-secret protocol using techniques borrowed from the military in order to ensure that only approved devices can see the previous digital data of our movies, seems to be on its way to be broken and is already the target of very serious…
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Disney for free? 2 months trial
Disney just announced that they would start a test trial of free distribution of some TV shows. During a 2-month (maybe more) test period, shows like “Desperate Housewives” or “Lost” will be free to download. Info Reuters
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First legal movie downloads in the US
That’s just the beginning. Movielink and CinemaNow are now the first significant (and legal) source for movie downloads. The big question is still “will they succeed?” Two issues are key here. First, the movies are protected by a DRM solution that limits significantly the ways you can use the movies you just bought. Second, and…
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Free movie: Nosferatu
Download from Internet Archive Movie information from IMDB.org Yet another black and white German movie. F.W. Murnau created here a marvellous adaptation of the “Dracula” novel from Bram Stoker. On the screens in 1922, you could expect a merely dark movie. As a matter of fact, you will find here a true master piece of…