The copyright wars: a new world of digital entertainment beckons, but industry clashes impede progress
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Organizations such as the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are anxious to prevent unrestricted copying of digitized movies and songs. The status of their campaign is described and discussed.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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Lights, camera, controls! The possibility of one DVD spawning countless perfect digital copies is, for the movie industry, the scenario for the ultimate horror show
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Motion picture industry efforts to find an effective way to block unrestricyed copying of the contents of DVDs are described and discussed.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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Fort TV: today you're free to mail a friend a videotape of a TV show, but new digital defenses may stop you from e-mailing them
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No acceptable solution has so far been proposed for protecting digital content of TV broadcasts.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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