The Advanced Access Content System License Authority—AACSLA—has posted finalized specifications for the digital rights management system to be used on Blu-ray discs…and the final spec allows for so-called “managed copies,” whereby consumers will be able to make a pre-determined number of copies of content on Blu-ray media for personal use—although the number of copies is determined by the studios, and the copy is still protected with AACS or Microsoft DRM.
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HD-DVD Format Gets Hollywood Support
“An announcement by Warner Bros. (TWX ), Universal (GE ), and Paramount about their adoption of this format by the end of 2005 is in the works, BusinessWeek Online has learned. Disney (DIS ) is also said to be in talks with Toshiba, although Eisner & Co. aren’t close to a deal. Warner Bros., Universal, and Disney declined comment, and a Paramount spokesman didn’t return phone calls.
Toshiba acknowledged that it has “been receiving a positive response from several studios” but that it “is not in a position to comment on behalf of the studios.”"

