Disney making self destructing DVDs

[Limeoutsider]

I read somewhere thart Disney is going to make their demo discs to self destruct 48 hours after they're opened

 

[His Divine Shadow]

WHOA. What kind of self destructing? Explosive, or simply causing them to be unreadable?

 

[Limeoutsider]

I think being unreadable

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Darn. I know a few people I could have sent them to.😀

 

[Limeoutsider]

Me too H, me too :

 

[His Divine Shadow]

My, how evil you have become.😀 Keep it up!!!😀 😀

 

[Limeoutsider]

Ive always been evil. As MTV Diary says "You thinmk you know, but you have no idea"

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Ive always been evil. As MTV Diary says "You thinmk you know, but you have no idea"

I guess I don't.😀 😀

 

[amk714]

Why is Disney going to make self-destructing DVDs? Is the company worried about piracy?

 

[Limeoutsider]

Why is Disney going to make self-destructing DVDs? Is the company worried about piracy?

In a quest for the almight dollar

 

[grippedchimp]

Why doesn't that surprise me? That's Mickey Mouse bullshit...

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Well, if they are only demo discs, then its not a bad idea. And most people won't care either way. If such a proposed disc contained a sizable ammount of a feature-length Disney film or a sizable ammount of any Disney material for that matter, then its with good reason that the disc becomes defective and unusable.


- Damien

 

[P50]

They're going to make them self destruct so that they can be used on Mission Impossible [tm]

 

[TKpervert]

These are going to be 'rental' DVD's.
The idea is that people won't have to make that extra trip to the store to return the 'rental', and the expense of tracking the DVD (who has it, when's it due back) is eliminated.

The DVD has a coating which begins to 'rust' as soon as the packaging is opened and oxygen gets to it. The coating turns black so the laser can't penetrate down to the data anymore.

The DVD can, however, be copied in that 48 hour window.

 

[amk714]

I suppose it's convenient for the consumer, though also a waste of a perfectly good DVD unless you copy it before it, um, expires.

 

[Shem the Penman]

We've already got millions of unwanted AOL CDs cluttering up the landfills, now they're gonna add millions of unreadable Disney DVDs? Wasteful as hell.

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Didn't even think of that....They really should do something about those....

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Actually, those AOL demo discs sometimes come in a dvd box or tin box. I throw away the disc and keep the box for different things. Its definitely not a waste for me.


- Damien

 

[His Divine Shadow]

I don't know about you guys, but I confess to being one of the millions of Americans who no longer needs to buy coasters. (Hint, Hint.😀 )

Waste not, Want not, eh C_E? Good for you!

 

[Limeoutsider]

Actually, theres a web site of 2 guys who are aiming to collect 1 million or more of them then theyre going to mass mail them back to AOL 😀 I personally use mine for coasters

 

[kurchatovium]

Maybe they could make Eurodisney self-destruct?

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Actually, theres a web site of 2 guys who are aiming to collect 1 million or more of them then theyre going to mass mail them back to AOL 😀

I can't wait to see that.😀

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Maybe they could make Eurodisney self-destruct?

From what I've heard, not a bad idea.