A Chip on DVDs Could Prevent Theft 435
Dieppe writes "A simple chip added to a DVD disk could prevent retail theft. According to the AP article at MSNBC, the chip would be activated at the register to make a previously dark area of the DVD clear, and therefore readable. Could this help to stem the tide of the approximate $400 million dollars in losses from brick and mortar stores? Game console DVDs could also be protected this way too. Could this help to bring the prices down on DVD games and movies?"
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Sharpie anyone? (Score:5, Funny)
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Reduce... prices? (Score:5, Funny)
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I see your $10 bucks and raise you 10m^2 square meters of shag carpet, 2L liters of orange juice, 5Kg kilograms of fine diamonds, and a 2N newton push in the direction of an English class.