Can DVD Be Protected?
The industry agrees it cannot simply replace its existing copy-protection scheme, because that would invalidate the more than 13 million DVD players already sold. Instead, whatever new system the industry adopts cannot interfere with existing players, at the same time that support is slowly implemented into future hardware. "I would be surprised if there's any kind of robust scheme that wouldn't involve firmware," says Bill Hunt, editor of The Digital Bits, one of the first DVD fan sites. "Any kind of robust scheme is going to involve an update to people's players."
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