DRM Flub Prevented 3D Showings of Avatar In Germany

DRM Flub Prevented 3D Showings of Avatar In Germany 386

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:31PM from the token-of-our-appreciation dept.

Fraggy_the_undead writes "According to German IT news site heise.de, yesterday several 3D showings of Avatar couldn't take place (German; Google translation to English), because the movies were DRM protected such that there had to be a key per copy of the film, per film projector, and per movie server in the theater. The key supplier, by the name Deluxe, was apparently unable to provide a sufficient number of valid keys in time. Moviegoers were offered to get a refund or view an analogue 2D showing instead."

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Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)

by Yvan256 ( 722131 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:33PM (#30477540) Homepage Journal

Ha-ha! - Nelson Muntz

Keygen (Score:5, Funny)

by Inda ( 580031 ) writes: <slash.20.inda@spamgourmet.com> on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:39PM (#30477628) Journal

Once again the pirates solve a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=avatar+keygen [google.co.uk]

Good thing, too.. (Score:4, Funny)

by natehoy ( 1608657 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:39PM (#30477638) Journal

I'm sure someone planned to bring in a cellphone with a 3D camera and release a barely-watchable 30-second clip of some of the less important dialogue.
DRM prevents piracy again! Yes!!!! Huzzah for DRM!

Re:Defective by Design (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:40PM (#30477650)

Exactly which mice plans was he really honing in here on? The best laid ones go aglay, some of the worse laid ones are okay? Some of them get through? He was fucking off this trolley! “See, mice also make plans, unbeknownst to most people. They plan to get cheese! They run, they scamper Oh, one’s fallen over! No cheese today Oh, plan two: they’ve got three, another one’s got a stick, he’s gonna put the stick into the mousetrap No, he’s broken the stick! What a jessie! Plan three – Oh, they’ve got a flip chart now! Very serious there’s a lot of mise surrounding the meeting, and they’re having a discussion Oh, good plan this, probably! Their best laid plan, I believe -Eddie Izzard

No Fate But What We Make For Ourselves... (Score:5, Funny)

by d474 ( 695126 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:42PM (#30477684)

James Cameron was right when he said Avatar is the FUTURE of movies to come: DRM'd to the crippling point.

great organisation (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:42PM (#30477704)

With organization like that it's no wonder they lost.

Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)

by jgtg32a ( 1173373 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:46PM (#30477756)

Hey ...you .. shut-up
We're hating on DRM now.

Re:DRM (Score:3, Funny)

by Luyseyal ( 3154 ) writes: <swaters@NoSpAM.luy.info> on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:51PM (#30477852) Homepage

WHOOOOOSH!

Re:Avatards (Score:5, Funny)

by idontgno ( 624372 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:56PM (#30477916) Journal

How is Avvatar formed? How movie not get prjcted?

Re:Avatards (Score:3, Funny)

by slack_justyb ( 862874 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @04:04PM (#30478082)

Oooooh! I love Mad Libs. Someone suggest a verb!
I accidentally flushed the DRM keys for the movie... is this bad for __(direct object)__?

Re:not surprising (Score:4, Funny)

by ByOhTek ( 1181381 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @04:05PM (#30478112) Journal

Good thing this wasn't the Dragon Ball Z movie, they'd laud DRM as the savior of humanity.

Achtung! (Score:3, Funny)

by Skelde ( 697341 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @04:09PM (#30478198)

Diese DRM nicht for the gefingerpoken

Re:Avatards (Score:2, Funny)

by thisnamestoolong ( 1584383 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @04:18PM (#30478320)

They need to do way instain theater> who kill thier movvys. becuse these movvy cant frigth back it was on the news this mroing a theater in ar who had kill her three movvys . they are taking the three movvy back to new york too lady to rest my pary are with the custimers company who lost his movvys ; i am truley sorry for your lots

Re:Hah! (Score:5, Funny)

by illumastorm ( 172101 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @04:19PM (#30478328)

Except in Soviet Russia.

Re:Wait... (Score:4, Funny)

by Culture20 ( 968837 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @04:46PM (#30478730)

The theater is a supplier in the product/service market (technically, they make most of their money off the concession stand, but that's totally irrelevant). It is a consumer in the factor market (the movie (or license) is a factor of production of a service). Bob isn't involved in the factor market at all; Ed is the consumer, and Hollywood is the producer.
I'm confused, where are Alice and Carol?

Re:Good thing, too.. (Score:5, Funny)

by DeadPixels ( 1391907 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @04:46PM (#30478736)

Not actually showing the movie is the DRM of the future! You can't film it if you can't WATCH it, right? :D

Re:Give yourself 100% discount (Score:4, Funny)

by dubbreak ( 623656 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @05:14PM (#30479228)

If the MPAA had its way you'd only get a 50% discount for not watching the movie.

Re:not surprising (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @05:27PM (#30479452)

Was there some huge following of the Dragon Ball Z movie that I didn't know about? Were you on Team ChiChi on Team Bulma?

Re:not surprising (Score:3, Funny)

by Ichijo ( 607641 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @05:36PM (#30479622) Journal

You do realize this is not a problem with DRM, but with some lowly paid employee not bothering to do their job properly.
Silence! We're trying to get all worked up here!

Re:Similar problem happened to me (Score:4, Funny)

by Blakey Rat ( 99501 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @06:38PM (#30480510)

That's nothing!
When I was watching Watchmen on a 40' tall IMAX screen, there was a giant glowing blue dong on the screen during parts of the movie.

Re:Defective by Design (Score:5, Funny)

by jbezorg ( 1263978 ) writes: on Thursday December 17, 2009 @07:20PM (#30480970)

-- so the viewer's experience of digitally-projected movies can, in fact, be superior to that of traditional film.
... provided, of course, you have the DRM key.

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Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)

Keygen (Score:5, Funny)

Good thing, too.. (Score:4, Funny)

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No Fate But What We Make For Ourselves... (Score:5, Funny)

great organisation (Score:1, Funny)

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Re:Avatards (Score:5, Funny)

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