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The case I would make that Cinavia is one of the biggest problems for DVD fans to back-up their DVD collection:
Is from friends and relatives who are also DVD fans, Blu-ray and standard definition back-up. And in their words "Cinavia is our biggest pain in the butt"
for backing up some new Blurays and I would certainly agree.
While i agree, that if your family only has one way of playing backups and that way has been infected with Cinavia, it would be a pain in the but for you. However, that doesn't really speak for media consumers in general. From articles that i've read and even posts on this forum, Cinavia is not really a problem, YET
Yes, today Cinavia infection is only on a small amout of Blu-rays and standard definition disks, but with this technology more and more disks will be forthcoming with the Cinavia infection.
True, only a very small number of disks have them.
The huge forthcoming problem is on June 5, 2009, the licensing agreements for AACS were finalized, which were updated to make Cinavia detection on commercial Blu-ray medium players a requirement. And, potentially has a concern in the future for getting into software playing.
And here we are 2 years later and Cinavia is only just starting to take off. That tells me there are obstacles to a quick implementation for it (hardware, software requirements, business impact considertations, etc)
Yes, Cinavia is in the infant stage, but tomorrow it will be a huge problem, unless some one with enought expertise can develope a Cinavia removal tool.
True, Cinavia is in the infant stage, and it may be a problem in the future if all playback hardware is forced to accept it. However, as long as there are software players that won't have it, that will be the way to go. In my opinion, they will just be speeding along the adoption of full fledged HTPCs on the market as those can be built for cheap without having Cinavia.
I believe Slysoft is in a great position to be able to develope such a tool, and if they do, huge profits will be forthcoming. And, I beleive this Cinavia removal tool is not under the WIPO control, and thus no legal action on the part of the WIPO.
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Only Slysoft would know for sure whether they are in a great position to be able to develop such a tool and i don't see why Cinavia wouldn't fall under WIPO. AACS doesnt specifically fall under WIPO either, but rather its the general doctrine of trying to protect intellectual property that the studios are using. Since Cinavia, just like AACS and BD+, are meant to protect intellectual property, it should generate the same kinds of complaints when someone attempts to defeat it. This is verified by the fact that Slysoft has been going through this throught the years (with DVD encryption no doubt) so Cinavia would, i would think, be just another point of contention.
Again, as long as there are good software players that won't be infected with Cinavia and people are willing to use something other than a PS3 to play thier backups, i don't see Cinavia as putting an end to backing up media.