Terminating T2

Another Terminator 2: Judgment Day DVD has just been released with what's touted as a new anti- piracy slash DRM (Digital Rights Management ) 'solution'- a five-day viewing licenses issued over the Internet.

What else is new? - you ask.

Behind the five-and-die scheme are SyncCast and Digital Envoy who say their new system also looks up a PC's Internet address. If the computer has a "non-U.S. number" , only one PC at a time around the world can play it back, the companies say.

The system apparently works with the DRM technology integrated into Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series and has been included in the DVD-ROM bundled with the T2 disc set shipped in North America in early June.

The movie file is encoded in WM9 format and the PC playing the DVD-ROM must be connected to the Internet to obtain a license.

"Content owners can decide which type of license to issue; 1 time play, unlimited play, expires after 30 days, and so on," says SyncCast spokesman David Nichols. "In the case of T2, Artisan (the studio releasing the DVD) decided to issue licenses that have to be renewed every 5 days."

If the user tries to play the content on a different computer, it won't work, he says, adding, "If the user attempts to pass the content off to a friend, it won't work."

So with all that, T2 has to be at a bargain-basement price.

Wrong.

It's US$29.98

So what if you put it in a regular DVD player?

so i'd be paying thirty bucks for something i can't even take to a friend's house to watch with her? puh-lease.

@viscix
Wont work. Regular DVD uses mpeg2, can't handle wm9.