In a move the studios are apparently really excited about, the Associated Press is reporting the MPAA has signed off on a technology from Sonic Solutions that allows legally downloaded movies to be burned to DVD. These average, everyday burned DVDs allow consumers to play them in their average, everyday players. The twist? The burned DVDs have CSS, the copy protection scheme behind "real" DVDs, embedded on them. As most people know, however, CSS is easily overcome, but as long as it makes the movie industry happy, I'm happy.New tech adds copy protection to burned movies
In a move the studios are apparently really excited about, the Associated Press is reporting the MPAA has signed off on a technology from Sonic Solutions that allows legally downloaded movies to be burned to DVD. These average, everyday burned DVDs allow consumers to play them in their average, everyday players. The twist? The burned DVDs have CSS, the copy protection scheme behind "real" DVDs, embedded on them. As most people know, however, CSS is easily overcome, but as long as it makes the movie industry happy, I'm happy.
