Comments on: Ebistrade’s DVD Magic plans

By: JOHNY

JOHNY — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ｔｈｉｓ　ｉｓ　ｉｎｔｒｅｓｕｔｉｎｇ article. I think It is suppose to change of notion that is right of posession.
Well so
Is there particuraly way or new one in the world?

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well, there is a difference between real property rights and intellectual property rights. In general, one can say that intellectual property rights are less absolute. James Boyle puts it like this: In personal or real property [...] one can at least point to a pair of sneakers or a house, say “I own that,” and have some sense of confidence that the statement means something. [...] In intellectual property, the response to the claim “I own that” might be “what do you mean?” (James Boyle, Shamans, software and spleens: law and the construction of the information society)
So in that sense, it is indeed a bad idea to try to protect intellectual property too much, as that might do more harm than good.

By: Niko

Niko — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s already here.
Last week I was in Yodobashi Camera and I noticed a 10 pack DVD-R for DATA from TDK. Included was an extra DVD about the movie “Van Helsing”, some sort of special “making of” feature. More interesting was the very small logo “Powered by DVD Magic” and the notice that the DVD contents would be playable until January 2005 (so probably after some kind of activation). If you are looking for some research material, now you know where to get it!

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Niko :-)

By: cjovalle

cjovalle — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Interesting. I didn’t get the chance to look at renting DVDs when I was in Japan- how do the costs compare to this system, out of curiousity, at least for a “one time” use? In the US, a company tried to have “expiring” DVDs for sale at about $7.99. A person could watch the DVD a few times within the first couple of days, after which the DVD would become unplayable. My city was one of the test markets, and it was an utter failure. Cost was cited as one of the reasons it failed- it is far cheaper to rent a DVD and watch it for the same time period.

By: Andreas Bovens

Andreas Bovens — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

&>it is far cheaper to rent a DVD and watch it for the same time period.

Same in Japan. Renting DVDs is far cheaper than buying DVD Magic encumbered ones.
Besides, if you want to rip DVDs, you’re better of with rented ones, as the tools for that are widely available on the net. The DVD Magic protection on the other hand is not circumvented yet and thus will Ebistrade’s copy protected DVDs be far less appealing. Ebistrade doesn’t seem to get this, though.