Kaleidescape CEO Responds to RealDVD Ruling

Julie

I assume K was sued in 2004, not 1994 as stated in your 3rd paragraph.

Yikes, Karmann. Thanks ... fixed.

Come on, this new ruling directly affects K since they are doing nothing different from any other media servers or real DVD.

This just leaves the door wide open for the offshore programs that careless about protection and repercussions. I am sure there demand has spiked because of the selfishness of the CCA.

To Ownz,

KScape and RealNetworks were sued for differing reasons.

Real broke CSS and then re-applied another encryption scheme. KScape did not.

The case with Real is over DRM circumvention, the case with KScape is over copying of a DVD with encryption intact. KScape server is basically a DVD player with a HD attached. Their product simply uses their own legally acquired CSS license to play the copied but encryption intact media.

Real did not.

The DVD Copy Control Association is basically pissed off that they didn’t put in any verbage in the contract about making a bit perfect copy of DVD media. The left a large hole in the contract and KScape and others drove a big truck through it. The DVD CCA is going back to court to argue that the ‘No Copy’ was an ‘understood’ and ‘assumed’ measure.

The DVD CCA is practicing ‘shoot the lead buffalo’ and the rest of the herd will turn. That is why KScape is the only one in litigation. I hope for the sake of KScape and their competitors that KScapes competitors are contributing monetarily and other resources wise to prosecuting this silly lawsuit brought by DVDCCA.

Because if KScape loses so does KScapes competitors.

So now the comments are being censored on here? Kaleidescape is dead and the “owner” is just trying to defend his illegal product.

Ownz,

Could you provide some historical context as to the illegality of KScapes’ product?

Answer me this:

Currently is KScapes product Illegal or Legal in the eyes of the law?

That is:

Did they win or lose the initial case (Y/N)

Even on appeal was an injunction granted on behalf of the DVD CCA while they move up to a higher court (Y/N)

Is KScape currently selling product along with competitors that do the same thing (Y/N)

I have a feeling that they are removing your posts due to diarrhea of the mouth. As Foghorn Leghorn said: “Boy, I say boy! I see your lips a’ flapping but no words are coming out!”

In other words could you please shut up since you don’t have anything to say?

Some times the best censorship is self-censorship.

So Mark, since you seem to be the expert on this subject perhaps you could answer the following.

If KScape is so legal then why haven’t they evolved to Blu Ray management, and why haven’t they come out with a downloadable content solution which was their original plan and concept? 

DVD’s are so short lived that the debate over KScape is moot unless it pertains to current formats.  The reality is that regardless of their wins or losses in court the studios are not in support of their solution and therefore they have a product that will be completely irrelevant in the near future. 

A loss in court will only mean a bigger loss for those dealers who supported the product and those customers who now have expensive brick servers.

Hi Ownz,

I will answer your question/s when you answer mine.

Hmmm… the sound of silence. Just what I thought.

The sound of silence is because your too busy being an idiot and accusing me of being someone else instead of answering questions.  I will leave this stage for you and ownz to see who has the biggest d!#k and cary on my discussion someplace else.

How many of you think the DVD is dead?
How long did it take for Records, CDs or VHS to die?
I think if you reflect on this you will see that there is a lot more life to DVDs than you are envisioning. To further this, the download services have tiny libraries, download issues and Oh, BTW- most customers who have the wallets like to own what they buy. IMHO

Kaleidescape is a home theater PC that run linux, that’s it, they have a good video processor but other then that it is a HTPC. The reason that kaleidescape went on as long as they did was because of the pull that the usual high end hypocrites have. They are rich and so the laws do not apply to them. There are many ways to rip a DVD and kaleidescape does not do it any better or different.

Can you please name any other media server which operates as consistantly, offers as simple of a user interface and who’s video quality is as high as the Kaleidescape? And please, don’t offer an answer if you haven’t really thought it through as I am sure there are many here who will be able to judge impartially and with experience.