8 Aug
2001
8 Aug
'01
4:27 p.m.
At 12:02 PM 8/8/01 -0700, Tim May wrote:
Yes, we have heard here (or at a physical meeting, I forget which). I don't buy many DVDs, but this was discussed. Apparently the trailers and ads cannot be fast-forwarded through...something built into the DVD spec which allows this.
Probably built into the *contract* that makers of *licensed* viewers have to sign. DVDs can do random access.
So an ad-buster which "circumvented" this would violate the DMCA, presumably.
Good test case.