Meet the new DRM, same as the old DRM

The idea of a one-play-only movie format isn't as old as the hills,
but it's definitely older than VHS.

One of the three original home video cassette systems was created by
a movie company. So they implemented a system to prevent you from
watching rented movies more than once.

The lesson of what happened next would seem to _still_ not have been learned.

Find all the gory details here:
http://www.dansdata.com/gz083.htm

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Daniel Rutter
http://www.dansdata.com/ - hardware reviews and more!