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IBM patent could pause your DVD movie for "a word from our sponsors"

by nk | November 26, 2007 at 06:54 pm | 271 views | add comment
a patent application filed by IBM (and dug up by Zatz Not Funny!). When DVDs are inserted for playback, the disc would check to see if the viewer had purchased the ad-free version or the (presumably) lower-priced version with unskippable commercials

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November 26, 2007 at 06:54 pm by nk, 271 views, add comment

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