DTR's PDR DVD writer heaps on DRM when burning
By Darren Murph 
posted May 7th 2007 3:31AM
posted May 7th 2007 3:31AM
Sure, there's been more than a few attempts to offer up DRM-laced burns, and while the overall success level is certainly debatable, DTR is giving the whole secure writing thing a go anyway. The company, which specializes in making sure that content guardians rest easy, has announced a two-faced DVD burner that can write both normal, non-protected discs or "burn secure downloaded content." Apparently, the Protected Disk Recorder (PDR) will arrive in an external flavor that can connect to "PCs, game consoles, and more" via USB, and while it can reportedly add-in whatever flavor of protection the manufacturer wants, DTR also states that its new device can "provide additional access control functions which further enhance the security of downloaded media." Currently, we've seen no details in regard to price or the actual target market, but if history continues to repeat itself, this is just another layer of DRM waiting to be cracked. [Warning: PDF read link]
?? Why would anyone choose to buy a dvdr machine with drm?? What a waste of time. How long before there's a modchip anyhoo, or those crazy chinese release a copy with no drm.
my thoughts exactly, who the fuck would buy a burner which ADDS drm.
crazy!
Have any of you actually bothered to read and understood what the press releases say?
It's obvious that even the writer of the original article has completely missed the point here - he's just jumped onto the "anti-DRM" bandwagon instead of doing a little research and looking at what is really on offer here.
The technology is placing a virtual mastering station in the home. The simple fact that it can write these protections means that it is flexible enough to allow you to burn at home the same media as you would buy form a shop.
I would rather have a game that is the same as one I bought from a shop, than some stupid DRM software that attempts to tie it to a single computer.
They also can write full DVD video movies, with CSS, to normal media. I think instead of jumping up and down about what it can do, think before you speak about what it allows to be done.
A knife can be used to cook or kill, but you don't hear of people harping on about how bad knives are. This appears to me to be an enabling technology, which actually lets people to create versions at home identical to those that they'd buy from a bricks and mortar store, yet the simple minds concentrate upon a single aspect that they don't like, yet don't realize are required in order for commercial interests (such as studios) to make use of the new technology.