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Monday, November 14, 2005

Sony Patents Anti-Rental Tech (for Blu-Ray and PS3)

The patent describes a process by which every media disc is shipped with a unique registration key. The first time the media disc is inserted into a player, that key is read and the disc is registered by the player, then the original key on the disc is rendered unreadable. Any attempt to play a registered disc in another player will fail.

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 #  posted by John @ 10:29 PM
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