Sony: New Video Players Should Be Internet Connected to Beat Pirates

[EChondo]

http://torrentfreak.com/sony-video-players-should-be-internet-connected-to-beat-pirates-130703/

 

Sony says it wants 4K content to be watermarked with the identity of the device or user who downloaded it, meaning that should the above countermeasures become cracked at some point, it will be possible to trace content back to its original owner. It won’t necessarily follow that those individuals are responsible for any ‘leak’ but they could forever associated with that content if it should.

 

Of particular interest given all the fuss over Xbox One’s former requirement to be connected to the Internet on a daily basis (and Sony’s response of needing no such thing for PS4), is Sony’s final wish-list item for 4K.

 

If the company has its way, all 4K players will need to authenticate themselves online before each and every playback. This will enable content providers to identify both unauthorized content and hacked players. However, if you are a legitimate customer with no Internet connection – permanently or temporarily – content will not play on your 4K device.

 

Well, if people aren't pirates currently, they will be now if this comes to fruition.

[Cacao]

Tsk tsk tsk... Bad move sony...

[LolNope]

 

 

Found this in the comments of the article lol

[Beskamir]

one does not simply stop a pirate....

 

and wait a second they didn't do what microsoft tried in the console market but then copied microsofts failure in their video player depertment? now that is lack of comunication within a company...

[algoat]

One thing mentioned in the article is that their 4K media player will only be compatible with the Sony 4K TVs.

[obsidian1200]

I really hope this crap doesn't take. Or if it does, that a workaround for it comes about, like with Blu-Ray.

[Keystone Nyan Cat]

Video rental stores are going to be pretty pissed about this if Sony has its way, and it may just be the end of a multi million, perhaps even billion dollar business of renting media...

[silencerbob]

What happened to you Sony.. U used to be cool.

[CapnCrunch]

removed

[GoodBytes]

Yes, because HDMI copy protection worked so well, Sony.

[dyent10]

they are trying to corrupt the new video players.