only the rich can afford copyright protection.
Right. It's ironic that it's very expensive to put copy protection on a DVD, but you can get FREE programs to remove copy protection!
Actually, it might not be that expensive. I don't know anything about it, but
you can put CPRM copy-protection on a DVD-R. I don't know how expensive this is... Search the Internet.
It's technically impossible to put CSS on a burned DVD. Your DVD duplicating/pressing company will have a license, and they will only charge a few cents per DVD to add CSS. Of course, you have to pay the set-up charge and buy a minimum number of DVDs.
The licensor of CSS encryption technology is DVD CCA (Copy Control Association), a non-profit trade association with offices at 225 B Cochrane Circle, Morgan Hill, CA. There is a $15,000 annual licensing fee, but no per-product royalties. Send license requests to
css-license@lmicp.com , technical info requests to
css-info@lmicp.com . Before December 15, 1999, CSS licensing was administered on an interim basis by Matsushita.
Macrovision licenses its analog anti-recording technology to hardware makers. There is a $30,000 initial charge, with a $15,000 yearly renewal fee. The fees support certification of players to ensure widest compatibility with televisions. There are no royalty charges for player manufacturers. Macrovision charges a royalty to content publishers (approximately 4 to 10 cents per disc, compared to 2 to 5 cents for a VHS tape).
You can
copyright your work for free. A copyright is
legal protection, not
technological protection. Books and CDs are are copyrighted too, but they are not copy-protected. (OK, a few CDs are.)
...that sounds like a joke...
It makes it so you can't copy (or play) the DVD!
