BRUSSELS -- A court in Finland has ruled that the Content Scrambling System (CSS) computer code, which unlocks DVD movies, is "ineffective" as a form of digital rights management (DRM). By Leo ...

Congrats on having the best gear site on the net. Now I'm gonna start this conversation as I should: 'W-T-F.' I am a loyal consumer that bought 2 HDTVs about 6 months ago. So after dropping about 6.5 ...

The movie industry seems determined to continue on a course where it happily erodes the rights of legitimate users, all in the name of securing profits. The latest example of this comes in the form of ...

In the run-up to the launch of the next-gen DVD formats HD-DVD and Blu-ray, a great deal was made of the new formats and the manner in which each would attempt to limit the ability of hackers to break ...

Macrovision on Tuesday released a new DVD copy-protection technology in hopes of substantially broadening its role in Hollywood's antipiracy effort. The content-protection company is pointing to the ...

As a result of a copy-protection secret being made public, individuals who posted instructions on the Internet that outlined how to use software to break DVD copy protection are off the hook after a ...

PARIS – A French court has ordered DVD vendors to pull copies of the David Lynch film "Mulholland Drive" (search) off store shelves in France as part of an unprecedented ruling against copy protection ...

Forgive me if I come across as being a bit cynical here, but you had to know this was coming. It seems that the first generation software HD DVD and Blu-Ray software players allow users to take ...

When the first high-definition DVDs finally hit shelves this spring, a mad scramble may ensue--not for the discs themselves, but to figure out what computers and devices are actually able to play them ...

On Tuesday, Macrovision Corp. unveiled a new software product to clamp down on DVD piracy. The company's new RipGuard DVD plugs a "hole" found on DVD coding that allows users to digitally copy, or rip ...

I for one love the rat race between copy protection creators and copy protection breakers. Newly released Blu-ray and HD DVD discs have been shipping with the fourth-gen MKB copy protection. Slysoft’s ...