The DVD Forum is working toward finding an industry standard for digital copies of movies, which content owners beyond the studios have started to include on DVDs. Each studio generally handles digital copies in a different way, including different PC and/or Mac versions of the film on the discs.
“It’s currently kind of a mess,†Waring said. “It’s good because it discourages people from stealing, but they have to put multiple copies on there. The concept should be ‘Buy a movie, you get to watch it wherever you want.’â€
“It’s currently kind of a mess,†Waring said. “It’s good because it discourages people from stealing, but they have to put multiple copies on there. The concept should be ‘Buy a movie, you get to watch it wherever you want.’â€