...and it doesn't stop there. Be prepared to have RFID tags implanted in everything you own...

http://www.spychips.com/

Jesus Christ with a cheese burger!

This is all so utterly foolish ......

I will never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never NEVER-EVER-EVER purchase a disc (whether pre-recorded or blank) with a f-----g "tracking" chip embedded within it.

That sort of shit was started by Hewlett-Packard with their ink-jet cartridges. They *too* carry an embedded chip. I would refill the stupid things (I buy ink by the pint bottle), and once I put the refilled cartridges back into the printer, I STILL got an error message saying the cartridge was "empty".

I guess I don't have to tell you what I did with that printer, eh? :-)

I have therefore thoroughly boycotted ALL HP devices, and God Help any (extremely Stooopid hardware manufacturer) who is anal-retentive-enough to risk Public Outrage by installing mandatory-compliance with these f-----g chips into any future dvd playback device.

They already realize software-based DRM is futile. Now they're going for hardware-based "solutions". (Which will also be bypassed by hackers).

What will be next? Will there be an identification- socket in the back of my new Bluray player for me to stick my d--- into, to make sure it's really ME who is attempting to play back a new movie?

F--- 'Em. I'll go back to VHS tape first.

Well thats done it I will now, to quote klingon, "never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never NEVER-EVER-EVER purchase a disc" at all now. The only time i even bother purchasing DVD/CD is if its actually gunna be worth it, the amount of crap cd's and movies coming out today is why there is an increase in piracy. Its just not worth forking out $20 of my hard earned cash on maybe 2 good songs per CD.

Hopefully everyone now stops buying anything Ritek, i sure as hell wont. If they see a stewp enough incline in sales and are smart enough to work out why, they will can this before it really starts.
I thought there would be some kind of law against this kind of tracking chip, whether it be Privacy related or something else.

Do any DVD's come with rootkits?

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What will be next? Will there be an identification- socket in the back of my new Bluray player for me to stick my d--- into, to make sure it's really ME who is attempting to play back a new movie?

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Damn Klingy, we've sure as hell missed your comments on the news in here :-)

Carefull Klingon...you might get 'D.V.D.' by doin' that!

Question: How many Ritek executives does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Answer: Two - one to be dominant and one to be submissive.

That lightbulb will come with a rootkit of course...LOL! Or it will be installed in a nonstandard reciever.

Great! Now dvd prices (new releases) will jump from $22.99 to $27.99!!!!

Will never buy the drmed dvd, besides another twenty more tiny ritek mini dvdrs I need for my game cube, will never buy there brand again. Unfortunately for the gamecube there tiny 1.4gb disks work unbeleivable well without having to mess with the POT of the laser. It is greedy and odious to make a tracking device on a consumer dvd. I am sure a work around will come into place, anyway, I am more than happy with a standard regular dvds I have now. I may buy a hd tv some day but be more than content to watch upconverted 1080i of my existing extensive dvd collection. Blue ray and hd dvd may be better, but at the price involved and all the DRM load, I just wont buy in. I am happy enough as I am sure many other out there with the existing picture quality. the toshiba players among others upconvert the existing signal. I enjoy DivX played on a standard 36 inch tv. All the extra cash they want and force DRM down your throat and for what, a picture quality that indeed is better but subjectively, is it that much better to merit the cost and harrasment. No I'd rather divert that cash toward speakers, an lcd tv, remote control helicopter, I can think of more enjoyable things that do not come with such strings attach and deep intrusion into my privacy.

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Maybe I can entertain myself by doing shadow puppets. Better be carfull with that too. Soon the SPAA (Shadow Puppets Ass. Of America) will be after me for not paying royalties.

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Yeah, you have to be careful with the SPAA, Buga.

Their website states they only allow non-copyrighted shadow puppet images to be displayed on your living-room wall, unless it's after 8:00pm, and your shades are drawn so that no images can inadvertently be viewed by innocent passers-by through your kitchen window.

I know a woman who got sued by the SPAA for allegedly making a Bugs Bunny image appear on her dining room wall, when all she was doing was simply scratching her head. Seems that she had inadvertantly left a 40-watt table lamp turned on, making the image visible on the opposite wall.

According to a Warner Bros attorney, "The image was clearly visible on the opposite wall, and we can't have people running around creating copyrighted cartoon images for just anyone to see."

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Jesus Christ with a cheese burger!

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Nope, you can't do that either, craftyzan. That would fall under the jurisdiction of the CBAA. (Cheese Burgers Ass. of America).

A young woman who bought a retail McCheesy burger, accidentally dropped a piece of her burger bun in a McDonald's parking lot, where a pigeon was able to make off with it.

The pigeon is now being sued by the CBAA for illegally eating something it didn't pay for.

Seems the burger had a tracking chip embedded underneath the lettuce and mayo, allowing the CBAA Police to track the unfortunate bird down.

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Damn Klingy, we've sure as hell missed your comments on the news in here :-)

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<heh-heh> :-)

I'm here just about every day, Lethal - <I'm just so bizzy-bizzy-bizzy these days, though>.

Digital life management, as usual. It's only going to be a few years before we get chips in our brains to stop us thinking that copying DVDs/whatever is a good idea. Invasion of privacy? Nah, if the MPAA think it's good, it must be, right?

Complete control freaks..

Really? LOL

Just unbelievabel... I suppose in the future we're all going to need firewalls in our houses to prevent our neighbours to hack into our dvd-collections and wardrobes to keep our porn stashes and leather tongs as our own private busines.

So can I still back up my home videos from my camcorder on to DVD anymore?

Lol yep, but you won't be able to make a backup of your home movies, because that's breaking your own copyright! LOL

LOL!! What about playin one of these things in a old player??

Everytime companies bring out new ways to protect their products from piracy, we will find a way to overcome it. It's the classic cat and mouse game. Think of Tom and Jerry. Tom's bigger and meaner, but Jerry always finds a way to overcome him? Am i right or am I right. Because the market's sole priority is making profits, other companies will find programs to over ride any chip device/protection to profit and gain a share in the market.It's elligal to copy copy protected images and media, but the same companies sell us the hardware and software to do so. Dvd writers, Nero burning rom etc. Even software packages like Nero burning rom the biggest copying software package worldwide is protected by copyright! See the irony? It's the classic "DO AS I SAY, BUT NOT AS I DO!

The underhands are always one step ahead, as soon as the legal rights groups come up with a new way to stop piracy, people get busy working to crack it. By the time the technology's actually released, so is the over-ride for it, and the work is undone. It's like any security method, there has to be a way to legitimately get in, and the solution is emulating that. Sod picking the lock, cut yourself a key!

well this is as insitefull as they can get, man lets start with that old p2, you were going to throw away or recycle to so charity ( to save the despoil cost)so now instead wouldn't it be a great machine that will sit in the back room (so no-one knows its there) and lets install the latest dual layer dvd burner that money can buy.... add a os even windows 89 will do xp would be beter but then you need to register it. then unplug the machine from the web pull the nic card trash the modem (what ever works for you) now burn you cd why will this work and it cant call sony thats because its not on line ... this trick is an example of what could be done if one had a criminal mind so ... dont do this at home as they say... this was only an example of how dumb they think we are.... those who want to back up their own (as in what you paid for ) should be alowed to do so as far as the ones selling boot leg software and music hang them high if ya want just dont treat all of us as if we are dumb.........

also another issue what about those who rent from netflicks or blockbuster or even your local video shop will that be the end of renting...or will they track it to your house and in the mail back and forth ... man they beter have a massive machine to keep track of that data... they were doing beter with the buy it for $5 and having the disk only play once then its dead... othe rthen the land filles that was an idea that had merrot. and you'd think that they whould just write a blind eye code into the disk so if you scanned it to read it it whouldnt show you anything but who are they kidding if someone wants in to your house then then they will break in if someone wants so silly movie no mater what you do they will find a way ... why not make them cheaper so its more exspencive to burn them illegally? isnt the media for the dvd supper cheap so if sony bought a million to burn their latest movie and sold it to everyone for $5 then they would have something that was cheaper to own then to burn and they would sell more units..... and everyone is happy.. Imagine that.......

Wow a whole new hacking industry will now be created.

As we will now see mod-chips being developed for DVD players and Blu-ray players etc.


............and by the way WTF are Ritek thinking of?????????

If ever piracy was eliminated, then who would be buying their main product BLANK DVD MEDIA......idiots.

These companies have the misguided (although perhaps truthful) opinion that most blank media isn't sold to aid piracy.