Harry Potter released unprotected

[Steve Schear]

>Harry Potter released unprotected
>
>13:40 13 June 02 NewScientist.com news service
>
>Warner Home Video has chosen not to copy-protect the home versions of its 
>blockbuster movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in major markets, 
>including the US and UK. This means people can go out and buy a DVD or 
>VHS, connect the analogue output of their player to a recorder - either 
>analogue or digital - and make free copies for friends.
>
>Usually, hot new movies are protected by Macrovision, which tinkers with 
>the analogue picture signal so that it can be viewed on a TV set but not 
>copied.
>
>http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992404

So, is this just a test or has at least one industry giant decided, as the 
software industry learned long ago, that the cost of copy protection often 
exceeds its value.

Time to short Macrovision (MVSN, NASDAQ NM)?  In the past year the stock 
has dropped from about $72 to about $14.  I wonder if their $1.00 drop in 
price on today's opening reflects this news?

steve