The Cannon That Will Sink The Ships Of DVD Piracy - Embedded RFID :: Symblogogy

"Avast, ye you soil-licking varmints." ("Hello"), today - September 19, 2006 - is "Talk Like a Pirate Day" throughout North America so says talklikeapirateday.com.

Just yesterday, it was reported that Chinese police and copyright officials have raided 537,000 illegal publication markets and distributors in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Liaoning Province.

Arrr, these operations siezed 13 million pirated D'd's. Aye, me parrot concurs (these operations siezed 13 million in pirated DVD's).

Arrr, technology rides t' the rescue with embedded RFID. A pence for an old man o'de sea?

Excerpts from VNU Net -

DVD chips 'to kill illegal copying'
Embedded radio transmitter chips to track movie, music and software discs
Simon Burns in Taipei, vnunet.com 15 Sep 2006