DVD mastering facilities such as Cinram, Deluxe, Sonopress, Technicolor and Warner Bros' WAMO have been working for months with the Hollywood movie studios to develop and implement forensically trackable DVD technologies specifically for the upcoming awards season.
"We've been working with the studios for the past year in developing antipiracy technologies," an anonymous disc replication manager is quoted as saying.
"About six to eight months ago, two studios actually came to us and said, 'Hey, we foresee this being a problem, can you help us develop a solution?' The studios are very aware of this technology, and if at any point they wish to use it, we can.
"It's very robust technology, and it was sort of pushed along by two studios in particular."
"According to sources," 20th Century Fox has aggressively researched antipiracy developments. The studio is focusing on a particular watermarking technology that allows copyright holders to trace breaches back to the original DVD and its owner.
