23.11.2007 20:35 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Hollywood Gives the Mac the Cold Shoulder Once Again

To combat against the ripping of it's DVDs, 20th Century Fox has decided to directly offer a version of its films which can be installed on video players and computers. For the former, the data rate will be at 768 Kbit/s and for the latter at 1.6 Mbit/s. Of course, these files will be full of DRM so that they won't be found for download. And that's where the problem starts. The studio has, in fact, decided to go with Microsoft, and the files will be offered in the protected WMV format, which is not playable on the Mac, iPod, or iPhone. It is hard to understand this choice which practically ruins the value of this initiative. Disney will be offering a similar solution in 2008. There will be a good chance, though, that this time it will be compatible with Apple products. [translation by jwa]

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