Studios, labels scramble for copy-protection

As DVD recorders pick up steam, movie studios concerned with the piracy the format brings to the market are scrambling to develop a copy-protection solution, c|net reports. Applications have already emerged that crack the DVD format, allowing titles to be copied to a hard drive and later burned to a blank DVD or Video CD. Industry watchers, however, express concern that any copy protection initiative could jeopardize a user’s rights, while analysts such as P.J.

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