Disney to sell self-destructing DVDs

[WillCAD]

A friend came across this story on Yahoo! today and let me know about it:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030516/tc_nm/media_disney_dvds_dc

So instead of renting a movie and having to return it, you'd rent it and throw it away after it self-destructs (after 48 hours). It sounds a little too freaky to me, and I doubt it will catch on, but who knows?

This is your movie, should you choose to accept it. Be advised that if you have a problem with the disc, the Disney Company will not help you and will disavow any knowledge of your existence. This disc will self-destruct in 48 hours.

[cockermom]

OK, you can't watch the movie past the 2 day period - but you can copy it and view it again at your leisure?? How odd.

Barbara

[#1disneyfan]

That article caught my attention too. I'll be curious to see just how much they will charge for this self-destructing DVD. I does sound a little like a secret agent gadget.
:rofl: Will, I love the last part of your message :rofl:
Holly

[LimeGreenCheri]

This is your movie, should you choose to accept it. Be advised that if you have a problem with the disc, the Disney Company will not help you and will disavow any knowledge of your existence. This disc will self-destruct in 48 hours.
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:rofl:

What will the come up with next? And I wonder how much these will cost? Any why would anybody only want a Disney DVD for only 2 days? So many questions.

[WillCAD]

These are not aimed at people who want to BUY a movie, they're aimed at people who want to RENT a movie. But the point of it is that you will be able to take it home for the cost of a rental, watch it for two days, and then you don't have to take it back to where you rented it, you simply throw it away. It's a little like disposable contact lenses. And if you forget that you have it and leave it lieing under the couch for a couple of weeks, you won't have to pay any late return fees, because you don't have to return it.

My guess is, those who partake of these disposable movies will wind up turning them into coasters and frisbees, just as I do with AOL CDs.

As to the copying thing, obviously it will be illegal to copy these DVDs just as it's illegal to copy a rental DVD from Blockbuster, but just as obviously, there will be people who will copy them anyway, since it's pretty much impossible to make something totally hack-proof. Of course, to copy these DVDs, you'd need the same hardware and software you need to copy any normal DVD, i.e. a DVD-ROM drive, a DVD recorder drive of some kind, and specialized software that allows you to circumvent the copy protection that's built into all commercial DVDs today.