] The RipGuard technology would defeat the most popular of ] the ripping programs, Macrovision's Gervin said, by ] tinkering with the format of DVDs to make it impossible ] to extract data quickly from the discs. The technique ] confounds ripping programs without damaging computers, ] preventing the discs from playing or reducing picture ] quality, he said. I have just read about 10 articles on the technology, and this is the only clue that seems to point to what it does. What's funny is their claim about 97% of software that pirates presently use. And about increasing the complexity of ripping a disc beyond the casual user. It is a funny thing about software. If 97% of the ripping software becomes unusable, I expect nearly 97% of the software will be updated shortly to use the techniques of the 3%. And all those hoops? Automated and abstracted away. Because people want to copy DVDs at the push of a button. Already the process of copying a DVD is way too complex for the average user. |