Some days I wish I lived in LA, where everything is sunshiney and every confusing bit of gadgetry can be shrugged away as “magical,” like the new DVD players being issue to Academy members that are supposed to help prevent the Oscar screener discs from being copied. Brother blogger Defamer attacks the issue in typical sidelong Gawker fashion, explaining how the destitute movie industry elite who make up the voting members of the Academy often are forced to trade in their screener copies for tiny nuggets of crack and Efferdent.
Is it really that big of a deal? I’ve downloaded screener copies before, but they were all compressed to hell. If the analog hole still exists on these magical units – likely – then it’s not going to stop that lone jonesing VP from pushing out lossy analog copies to the net.
Read – Academy Issues Magical DVD Players To Members [Defamer]
