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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:57:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com>
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Subject: OT: DVD-* owners be warned .  Please see inside .
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	Hello All ,

	Here we go .  Two differant hardware types to prevent users from
	making private backups of items that they have purchased .  I hope
	that somewhere in the community there is a methodology to
	circumvent this stupidity .

	Below is a snippet from the URL below this :

	Why are there two formats? The key reason for the introduction of
	DVD-R for General media is that it contains content protection
	measures that make it physically impossible to make a bit-for-bit
	copies of CSS encrypted entertainment titles.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/Pioneer/Files/DVDRMedia-GeneralvsAuthoring.pdf

		Hth ,  JimL
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