MPAA Proof of Concept: Copy DVDs by Pointing Camera at Screen

[admin]

It’s hard to believe that this video is real, but apparently it is. What you are seeing is the official, MPAA sanctioned method for teachers to make copies of DVDs for educational purposes. Are you ready? To make a copy you play the DVD and aim a camera at the TV screen. I told you it was hard to swallow.

So desperate is the movie industry’s crazy uncle to stop anyone breaking DVD copy protection that it actually made the above presentation at the Library of Congress, where a hearing is held every three years to decide whether or not any exemptions should be made to the DMCA laws.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/mpaa-proof-of-concept-copy-dvds-by-pointing-camera-at-screen/

The MPAA made this because they want to get rid of an exception in the DMCA which allows for educators to make copies for educational purposes, including DVDs. Instead, they want them to video tape the DVD as it is being played back on a TV (you can't connect a VCR to a DVD due to Macrovision).

This is stupidity on a whole other level.

[drfsupercenter]

I saw that yesterday, as IsoHunt posted it on Facebook...

Yeah, that is incredibly stupid, I can't stand people who record from a TV honestly... I tell them to go out and buy a DVD recorder or capture card. It looks incredibly amateur when you're showing clips, whether on YouTube or in a presentation, and it's video-recorded from a TV or other source...