Managed Copy hits Blu-ray Discs December 4th, but you still can’t use it
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The egg had to come before the chicken right? Well either way, one of ‘em came first and in the case of the latest Blu-ray feature, Managed Copy, the Blu-ray Discs will come before the hardware. Less than five months since AACS was finalized and the details of Managed Copy were revealed and so far we’ve only seen one demo and not a single product announcement. This doesn’t surprise us, but AACS-LA is apparently surprised because even though all Blu-ray Discs sold after December 4th have no choice but to grant at least one copy to be made, the stipulation to label the packaging as such has been postponed until Spring of next year. We’d expect at least a few products that support Managed Copy to be announced at CES and even though we highly doubt any stand-alone Blu-ray players will sport this feature anytime soon, we do have our hopes on PC software and anticipate a few movie jukebox devices like Kaleidescape — that we won’t be able to afford — will be announced at the large show in Vegas.
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