Over the weekend, according to this story at Korea Times, US film makers have caused Samsung to go scrambling, since learning of a lawsuit filed by Walt Disney, Time Warner and three other major film makers in a US court. Apparently, Samsung is guessing it is over a model they have discontinued, the DVD-HD841 that would allow savvy users to circumvent certain copy protections.
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"In fact, we do not exactly know the contents of the lawsuit and the intention of the plaintiffs. We have yet to receive the complaint, a Samsung spokesman said. He guessed that the film makers take issue with DVD-HD841, which Samsung had sold in the United States between June and October 2004.
"If so, I do not know why the movie studios are complaining about the products, of which production was brought to an end more than 15 months ago, the spokesman said. "We stopped manufacturing the model after concerns erupted that its copy-protection features can be circumvented by sophisticated users, he said. In this climate, he said Samsung would react to the lawsuit after the outfit recognizes its real intention. |
The DVD-HD841 was an upconverting DVD player for takng a normal DVD and presenting it in 720p or 1080i for HDTV sets. We will have to stay tuned to find out what the lawsuit entails specifically. Issues do crop up though, when people can through a secret code or sequence on the remote, disable region codes locks or HDCP controls. Possibly this suit speaks to one of these type issues. However, it seems odd that the suit is just now being filed.
Source: Korea Times
