As a note, you cannot take video off a DVD movie because of its copy protection system.

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The VX2258wm features full HD resolution at 1080p, as well as compatibility with any device supporting the High Bandwidth Digital Protection (HBDP) copy protection system.

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Live streaming is also impossible thanks to a "bug" in the software that can't secure the session, breaking the corporation's copy protection system which only affects mobile devices.

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When word leaked out about a week ago that Sony was using a copy-protection program to keep people from copying their music CDs, music lovers cried foul and security experts warned the XCP copy protection system could be hijacked by so-called Trojan horse programs.

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Although, Apple's copy-protection system has been facing some legal challenges of its own back in Johansen's native Norway.

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With its own copy-protection system, Google joins the ranks of DRM-heavies Apple Computer and Microsoft, which some say hurt consumers and their own profits by not freeing up digital content into a single, standard format.

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With its own copy-protection system, Google joins the ranks of DRM-heavies Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) and Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), which some say hurt consumers and their own profits by not freeing up digital content into a single, standard format.

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Though the company did not answer specific questions about its copy-protection rules, it is leaving room for new developments in its system.

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