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To: DiViT who wrote (25334)	11/16/1997 8:15:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (2) of 50808

How do you pirate DVD......................................... Subject: I have seen DVD to pirated VCD transfers From: mengshi@pc.jaring.my (Lim Meng Shi) Date: 1997/11/16 Message-ID: Newsgroups: alt.video.dvd [More Headers] Knowng what has been said about the copy protection scheme of DVDs, I was quite surprise to discover that there are quite a few DVD to VCD pirated transfers already available here in Malaysia! I have seen The Fugitive on such a transfer. The disc even started with the blue DVD logo and there were no evidence of the oft described Macrovision effects. Total Recall was the other title that I saw but I didn't get to see it. I'm not supporting pirates but it's occurence is inevitable here. What I want to know is how did they bypass the anti-pirates features of DVDs? Subject: Could this be a DVD to VCD transfer? From: mengshi@pc.jaring.my (Lim Meng Shi) Date: 1997/11/16 Message-ID: <346dd30e.2498292@news.jaring.my> Newsgroups: alt.video.dvd [More Headers] I just saw a pirated copy of Blade Runner (Director's Cut) on VCD but I'm not quite sure if it is mastered from LD or DVD? Could it have been from DVD (despite the anti-copy thing) because the VCD had English subtitle that was actually WITHIN the screen shot (wide-screen). I have seen some VCDs that were mastered from LDs which have subtitles (and captions) that are usually below the screen-shot. Does DVDs usually have subtitles within the screen shot? BTW, the above pirated VCD has intermittent high-pitched cracking noise at irregular intervals. This was played on a system using Dolby Stereo only - no DD or DPL. Is this an anti-pirate thing or just some mastering flaws? The picture is very clear. The cover also had the DVD logo printed but as you know these pirates can print anything they want. Has someone managed to defeat the copy protection scheme? Does anyone know if Bladerunner - Director's Cut was actually released on VCD (non-pirated original)?

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