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Office Space Special Edition--specially copy protected

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townsend

Just bought the sp ed of Office Space--there are two things "special" about this edition:
1) 1st time in anamorphic video
2) this is the first time I have purchased a DVD movie with a "copy protected" icon on the back.
What is the state of this issue? I have read a lot about consumers fuming over CDs that won't play on their computer drives, etc., and I know that copy protection is a big issue in next generation DVD (HD or blu-ray), but what about DVDs per se?
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you have to fax in your TPS report to get the playback code - padreken 10:11:23 11/04/05 (0)
Be sure and use the new cover sheet.
The copy-protection symbol is being used more frequently, but - Donald 00:25:09 11/04/05 (3)
the kind of copy-protection used is likely not any different than any you've seen on your other discs. It should play fine.
Giant FBI warnings are cropping up, too. It's just the movie industry flaring its nostrils, trying to sound forceful. Don't be alarmed.
- Their is some copy-protection that actually loads some spyware onto your hardrive - beware. - PdL 04:59:04 11/04/05 (2)
  I think its with the newest Sony CD releases (that feature copy protection.) Frankly I think copy protection is b.s., but is of little concern to me. I figure its only a (short) period of time before people figure out how to circumvent the protection. That being said, the idea of having spyware put onto my computer w/o my knowledge really pisses me of. That tactic seems a bit suspect.
  - this is for CDs though not DVDs - tunenut 09:05:38 11/04/05 (1)
    the goal of the copy protected CD is to force the consumer to play alternate files on the computer- some protected format like Windows Media Audio. Therefore, the CD may in some cases try to install a driver on the computer that prevents the disk drive from reading the actual normal CD (wav) files. This is not the way copy protection on a DVD works. For the time being, I think you're safe from DVDs that try to install executables on your machine.
    - No sh*t., but copywrite protection for DVD's is just around the corner. - PdL 12:29:48 11/04/05 (0)
      I don't listen to CD's (or watch DVD's) on my computer anyway, so I'm not too concerned about that aspect of the copywrite protection.

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