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Nate the great · 10-08-2007, 10:54 AM

Yeah, right.

Summary:
Fox recently released two titles on Blu-ray DVDs. These title utilize the latest DRM measures. This would be all well and good, except Fox forgot to check to see if the manufacturers have updated the player's firmware to give the player the ability to cope with the the new DRM. Most had not. It's not that the customers hadn't updated yet, the manufacturers were not yet done writing the firmware! Some players were still on the original 1.0 firmware.

Just remember: DRM is your friend.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...e-devices.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...ible-dvds.html

I don't know about you, but the fact they expect the customer to regularly upgrade the firmware really pisses me off.

10-08-2007, 10:54 AM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	DRM does not hurt consumers Yeah, right. Summary: Fox recently released two titles on Blu-ray DVDs. These title utilize the latest DRM measures. This would be all well and good, except Fox forgot to check to see if the manufacturers have updated the player's firmware to give the player the ability to cope with the the new DRM. Most had not. It's not that the customers hadn't updated yet, the manufacturers were not yet done writing the firmware! Some players were still on the original 1.0 firmware. Just remember: DRM is your friend. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...e-devices.html http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...ible-dvds.html I don't know about you, but the fact they expect the customer to regularly upgrade the firmware really pisses me off.