Rimage Blu Lock Improves Blu-ray Disc Security Against Piracy
Blu-ray Discs At Risk Since the introduction of Blu-ray discs in 2006, piracy has been an issue that producers of the technology and the content were highly sensitive to. DVDs used a technology called Content Scramble System (CSS) to protect against piracy, but that format was easily beaten due to compressing and ripping software combined [...]
Movie Studios’ Key to Profit? It’s Not Streaming Video
As one of the largest movie studios in the country, 20th Century Fox has the ability to delight millions of people a year with its films, movies, and TV shows. Beyond the altruistic vision of bringing joy to audiences, 20th Century Fox is also a business that must make money at the end of the [...]
UltraViolet Format Makes its Debut
The past decade has been a turbulent one for the movie industry as it struggles with the convergence of physical content and digital entertainment. Peer-to-peer file sharing, high-profile lawsuits, and the global market for pirated content have made movie studios more vigilant than ever about protecting their films. Now, a new platform called UltraViolet may [...]
Streaming vs. Blu-ray: The Battle for Movie Quality
The market for online video services is heating up with major players including Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon all competing with each other. These Streaming Video-on-Demand services offer a catalog of popular movies and TV shows for a monthly fee. With millions of households signing up for these streaming video services, why would anyone stick with [...]
Blu-ray Security: A Cause for Concern?
Blu-ray is the preferred home movie format for consumers because of its amazing picture and sound quality. Movie studios love Blu-ray discs because they contain strong anti-piracy technologies that prevent people from making illegal copies of HD movies. However, recent developments have caused the security of the Blu-ray format to come under scrutiny. It wasn’t [...]
