"...copies made with a camcorder at home are suddenly a real danger,..."

To whom? Surely any mass-producing pirate is going to be able to rip the video stream, DRM-free straight to high capacity DVD, and camcorders will become irrelevant.

There are utilities out there designed to defeat tiger-tree style hashing by making minor changes in AV files which will defeat this. And Philips had always seemed one of the more reasonable companies out there (refusing to allowed DRM'ed disks to have the CD-ROM label, for example).

There is no use for the so-called word 'proactive' where 'active' would not suffice, except as a reliable indicator that bullshit repellent may be required.

I really, really hate that word.

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"any mass-producing pirate is going to be able to rip the video stream, DRM-free straight to high capacity DVD"

With less trouble than making a tossed salad.

/pedantry on

The 'so called' word proactive has been in mainstream use since 1933 and according to Merriam Webster, NOT Wikepedia, is defined as:

"acting in anticipation of future problems, needs, or changes"

Whereas 'active' is defined as:

"characterized by action rather than by contemplation or speculation"

So, one could be active yet not proactive.

/pedantry off

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The word 'proactive' does seem to annoy a few people I know. As the anonymous 'Title' writer said, it's been in mainstream use since 1933, which is a lot longer than many of the words that can be found in Reg articles and Comments.

Think of it as a useful contrast to 'reactive', (meaning 'acting in response to problems, needs or changes but lacking prior anticipatory action).

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