This movie cannot be played

by Volker Weber

HDCPnotauthorized

This movie cannot be played because you paid for it.

Repeat after me: DRM is bad for the customer.

Comments

I wondered when you will blog it ;-)

Martin Hiegl, 2008-11-18

That's a Mac message. I thought it was only Windows Vista that enforced this silly restriction.

Chris Linfoot, 2008-11-18

If you check "do not warn me again" does it just not play without a reason?

Ben Rose, 2008-11-18

So you are trying to view HD protected content ... did I mention the Dreambox yet? This nice little box called DM 800 HD is Linux based and has an (unprotected) DVI port ...

Axel Koerv, 2008-11-18

Chris, you know DRM is just as prevalent in the Mac world as it is Windows! But that’s irrelevant this time—this particular message is DVI-derived isn’t it?

Ben Poole, 2008-11-18

Never mind, everybody - there is some nice, friendly, open-source DRM just around the corner now...

Nick Daisley, 2008-11-18

Did you download this movie from one of the pages you found through your Google Voice Search whatever?

Oswald Prucker, 2008-11-18

none of my MBPs would play the Til Schweiger movie I bought. "No DVD present". DRM sux.

Armin Roth, 2008-11-18

@Armin:
Your MBPs got some taste at least! Till Schweiger sux! (O.K., but so does DRM... ;-))

Heiko Müller, 2008-11-18

Old vowe.net archive pages

I explain difficult concepts in simple ways. For free, and for money. Clue procurement and bullshit detection.

vowe

Paypal vowe