http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/technology/24dvd.html
Before this news report, I hadn't heard about Real's push to build the software into set top boxes and make a poor-person's Kaleidescape. That would be very cool.
It's either ignorance or a bargaining chip that Hollywood doesn't like this software: It cannot be used to make a copy of a movie, since the version is makes and puts on a server is encrypted in a way that is stronger than the original DVD encryption. So either Hollywood really thinks people will buy giant hard drives and save everything they rent from NetFlix (unlikely those "backups" are lost sales) -- or Hollywood knows better but wants a big old licensing fee from Real before they green-light the software.
Before this news report, I hadn't heard about Real's push to build the software into set top boxes and make a poor-person's Kaleidescape. That would be very cool.
It's either ignorance or a bargaining chip that Hollywood doesn't like this software: It cannot be used to make a copy of a movie, since the version is makes and puts on a server is encrypted in a way that is stronger than the original DVD encryption. So either Hollywood really thinks people will buy giant hard drives and save everything they rent from NetFlix (unlikely those "backups" are lost sales) -- or Hollywood knows better but wants a big old licensing fee from Real before they green-light the software.
