So after all the time and money spent by production companies creating security measures and user UN-friendly blu ray movies, a possible shift in mainstream media may finally go in the right direction.
Techies like me, who rip dvd's to our computers for instant streaming purposes, have been breaking the law for years now only because the major companies in industry refuse to adapt to technology. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act was possibly the most short sighted idea in media today. If I remember correctly I think it only took 2 weeks for someone in Taiwan to crack blu ray technology and sell the software by mail, so maybe film companies should just offer what digital media users do ALREADY and save themselves the money of hiring lawyers to prosecute everyone.
So anyway, the newest idea by mainstream companies is to offer digital media that can be converted to multiple devices under the same account...was it REALLY so hard??
It's called Ultra Violet and it promises to allow users the ability to buy movies, tv shows etc. and be able to watch them on more than just a dvd player. I'd be shocked if it offers what techies have already been doing, but it's got the backing of the biggest players in the industry such as Sony, Lionsgate, Paramount and Fox.
It's set to launch THIS fall, so we'll see if it actuallty delivers what the b.s. digital copy dvd's failed to provide.
Here's the website link for further investigation UltraViolet
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