Lawsuit for Samsung

[Andromeda]

Samsung has found themselves in a bit of hot water, with a lawsuit against them filed by some big players like Fox, Paramount, Time Warner, Universal and Disney. The reason? A particular model of Samsung DVD ROM, the DVD-HD841, can apparently be used to circumvent encryption technology used to prevent unauthorized duplication. That model of drive, however, hasn't been available for a year and a half. Samsung is as of yet undecided as to how they will handle this issue.

``In fact, we do not exactly know the contents of the lawsuit and the intention of the plaintiffs. We have yet to receive the complaint,’’ a Samsung spokesman said.

Encryption circumvention isn't exactly new, and it happens every day. Will targeting a single product produced by one company over a year ago have any real effect on the state of the market today? Probably not, but it could have future impliciations for companies producing enthusiast hardware such as HD-DVD and BluRay burners

 

[gamehouse]

In my personal humble opinion, this lawsuit does not stand the winds. Merely giving a hardware or a means to do something illegal does not mean much that the company is encouraging.

 

[{insert name here}]

In my personal humble opinion, this lawsuit does not stand the winds. Merely giving a hardware or a means to do something illegal does not mean much that the company is encouraging.

Not only that, they will have to prove that they knew it could be used for that purpose really, with intent to distibute it anyways.

I think this will be a loosing battle for them.

EDIT: I think anyways, I may be wrong, but I think that would atleast play apart.

 

[Xombie]

Nothing will come of this more than a slap on the wrist for Samsung.