Hi, I was reading over the page on DigitalConsumer.org:
http://www.digitalconsumer.org/overview.html
it includes this:
<<<You buy a DVD but you can't watch it the way you want to. It seems
obvious that users should have the ability to fast-forward and rewind
movies as they see fit. But new copyright laws threaten that right:
it is a crime to sell a DVD player that would allow a consumer to
fast-forward through the ads at the beginning of a DVD! >>>
Does anyone know what they're basing this on? Is it really true? Are
they assuming that the DVD is encrypted to prevent fast-forwarding,
or is there some law I don't know about...?
carrie
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