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To: WALT REISCH who wrote (4308)12/16/1999 1:11:00 PM
From: Don Devlin  Read Replies (3) of 8393
 
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Pioneer to launch DVD Audio players without waiting for copy protection

December 15, 1999
Web posted at: 9:06 a.m. EST (1406 GMT)

by Martyn Williams From...
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TOKYO (IDG) -- Pioneer says it won't be following the lead of several other Japanese electronics makers and delaying the launch of its DVD Audio products until a new copy protection system is developed.

The company plans to launch its DVD (digital versatile disk) products that feature DVD Audio support on schedule later this month and offer free upgrades when the new copy protection system is finalized next year.

Two weeks ago, Matsushita Electric Industrial, better known by its Panasonic brand name, announced it would delay the launch of its DVD Audio products until mid 2000 while a new copy protection system is developed. DVD Audio was to employ CSS2, a new version of the CSS (content scrambling system) used on DVD Video although the cracking of the system in November forced the format's backers to change their plans.
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Announcing its decision, the Tokyo-based electronics maker said it fears that withholding products at this stage, just weeks before their planned launch, will not be beneficial to the DVD Audio industry.
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