TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jpexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jpTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square143fedilink
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoSony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoThey do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYou thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThere’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWhy are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIf they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThey can DMCA the encryption keys and boom – instead dead format.
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoYou really don’t understand how Blu-ray works, do you? Regarding Blu-ray as a medium for movies: Sony isn’t able do that kind of damage. Blu-ray Association would go bananas:
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoWhat? No. If I write data to a Blu-ray it’s not encrypted. This comment makes little sense. Sony does not control “the encryption keys”, whatever that means.
Sony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
They do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
You thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
There’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
Why are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
If they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore
They can DMCA the encryption keys and boom – instead dead format.
You really don’t understand how Blu-ray works, do you?
Regarding Blu-ray as a medium for movies: Sony isn’t able do that kind of damage.
Blu-ray Association would go bananas:
What? No. If I write data to a Blu-ray it’s not encrypted. This comment makes little sense. Sony does not control “the encryption keys”, whatever that means.