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Re: [OT] LIMITED-PLAY DVDS TAKE A STEP CLOSER


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: [OT] LIMITED-PLAY DVDS TAKE A STEP CLOSER
  • From: "andy_powell_is" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:09:13 -0000
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DIVX Mark II - dodo, Divx, Enron, SpectraDisc

Andy


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@b...> wrote:
> LIMITED-PLAY DVDS TAKE A STEP CLOSER
>
> SpectraDisc, a US optical electronics manufacturer,
> has been issued a US Patent for its limited-play
> CD/DVD technology. Aimed directly at the rental
> industry, SpectraDisc's new technology can create
> DVDs with a special coating that causes them to
> become unplayable after a set period of time. Such
> is the functionality of its new coating,
> SpectraDisc say their DVDs can be made to expire
> anywhere within minutes or weeks of the DVD's
> packaging being opened.
>
> Oh bugger, another bloody format protection racket!
>
> K.



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