Update: Paul Thurrott from WindowsITPro has an update to the story and says Microsoft is not working on disposable DVD's, as suggested in the story from The Business Online.
The Business Online is reporting that Microsoft is developing disposable DVD technology to help combat piracy. I can't believe anyone is still considering this idea since the viewed movies will wind up in our landfills. Worse is the prospect of Microsoft controlling our ability to view content:
... Gates pitched Hollywood with the proposition that only Microsoft could solve its piracy problem by making its DRM software a standard across every home entertainment playback and recording device. By installing its DRM software in every device used to play or store movies, Microsoft plans to dominate the home entertainment industry in the same way it does the desktop computer software market.
Who is their right mind would buy a player that could limit what you watch? I recently put a Netflix rental in a Dell PC with a DVD drive and Windows Media Player told me that I didn't have rights to view the movie??!?! It's a good thing Dell included another DVD player that let me watch the movie.
Didn't Disney try this years ago and failed?
Posted by: | October 03, 2005 at 08:08 AM
excellent way to teach every man woman and child on the planet to use the torrents tomorrow with the same comfort with which they use the telephone today
Posted by: jj | October 03, 2005 at 08:51 AM
stupidest...idea...ever. I'll never buy one.
Posted by: | October 03, 2005 at 10:26 AM
As long as they are recycleable.
Posted by: | October 03, 2005 at 05:02 PM
" Disney's Disposable DVDs Deemed Duds" Jan 30, 2004
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/30/1559238&mode=flat&tid=188&threshold=-1
(or http://tinyurl.com/bxzxh )
Posted by: WhatsUp | October 03, 2005 at 05:33 PM
I'll buy, as long as the price is below what you pay in-store or online ($1-2 per DVD, at most). And as long as I can copy the disc in my computer just as soon as I open it. But I doubt the price will be reasonable. So, I'll probably be sticking with unlimited in-store and online deals. Wait, I changed my mind. I think this stupid "disposabl DVD" idea is an environmental hazard. It should be outlawed. I'll only use them if they're free.
F--K THE RIAA, MPAA, BSA, DMCA, TCP, NGSCB, PALLADIUM, AND THE FBI.
Posted by: | October 03, 2005 at 07:15 PM
Dumbest idea ever. I like to be able to fast forward and rewind DVDs, in case I miss some dialogue. With a one-play-DVD, they recreate the exact experience of watching movies in a theater - no control. What kind of idiots do they think will actually buy this? We can go to a theater if we want no control. We watch at home because WE want control.
Posted by: daffy idea | October 03, 2005 at 07:18 PM
Microdestruct DVD, Disney Disposable DVDs, DIVX. When will they learn?
Posted by: Nicholas Barnard | October 03, 2005 at 07:28 PM
Here's a better idea. Drop the price of DVDs. Improve the quality. Get rid of region codes, macrovision, and encryption. Then people will buy more DVDs and studios will receive higher profits. Stop re-making dumb Tv shows, doing mindless sequels, and ripping off old movies. Start making quality movies and user-friendly (as opposed to user-hostile) DVDs. Microsoft needs to be broken into a million pieces. To hell with them. I haven't paid for their crap software in years. They really need to die.
Posted by: The Clothes Have No Emperor | October 03, 2005 at 08:22 PM
Hey Bill Gates; just in case you, or one of your di*k-sucking attorneys, are reading this... YOU CAN FRENCH KISS MY A$$! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A FCUKING BITCH-BOY!!!!
Posted by: | October 04, 2005 at 10:20 AM
"I like to be able to fast forward and rewind"
Personally, I often find pause exciting...
;0)
Posted by: PlungeBob | October 04, 2005 at 11:07 AM
Get ready guys cause windows vista is going to be DRM city... if your pc can handle the insane requirements of course.
Posted by: Scrubking | October 06, 2005 at 12:32 AM
More power to them. It'll drive more people to Linux.
Posted by: | October 06, 2005 at 07:59 AM
this story is a HOAX!
Posted by: | October 07, 2005 at 08:38 AM
No, the story isn't a hoax, it was a misunderstanding of a feature. I wasn't the only blogger to link to the story, and I added the update as fast as I could.
Sorry about the confusion.
- Mike K
Posted by: Mike K | October 07, 2005 at 10:16 AM
You'll also need a new DVD Player to watch those movies
Posted by: | October 09, 2005 at 07:14 AM
There have been several companies try to develop disposible DVDs. EZ-D DVDs are one of the disposable formats. We don't need more sh*t in our landfills. This is just big business trying to control the rental market. Pay-per-view will win out and no one will care about this in the future.
Posted by: Zigman | April 09, 2009 at 05:20 PM