Blu-ray's Mission Impossible: "Good morning Mr. Phelps …"

Blu-ray's Mission Impossible: "Good morning Mr. Phelps …"

The paranoia of the entertainment industry is finally getting to me. This month the Sony-led Blu-ray (www.blu-ray.com) consortium will be releasing next generation optical disk products destined over time to replace DVDs for HD TVs. The security impact is that Blu-ray also imposes security technologies into my living room to make sure I do not make any illegal copies of a movie. It is an amazingly personal statement that the entertainment people believe that I am a threat to their business. (Note: I am speaking as a consumer who has spent thousands of dollars on Sony products, even though I am clearly not a Blu-ray consumer today).