[HN Gopher] Pirating the Oscars 2022: The Rise and Fall of the S...
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       Pirating the Oscars 2022: The Rise and Fall of the Screener over 20
       Years
        
       Author : Doubleguitars
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2022-03-27 20:24 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (waxy.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (waxy.org)
        
       | aurizon wrote:
       | Well, you can give each streamed copy an undetectable
       | steganographic ID, then if and when it leaks you will know whose
       | copy leaked. This is not like encryption of the stream - the
       | stream is quite legible. Since a stream is a string of bits you
       | can change one or more bits to create uniqueness. You know where
       | the bits are = you can find them. It can be defeated by a quality
       | downgrade by putting it though a tele-cine chain (show it on the
       | wall, capture into a lesser resolution, format, PAL/SECAM/VIDEO.
       | I am amazed at the fee gouge the oscarmongers extract.
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       | Even 20 years ago, I turned my back on the whole Oscar spectacle.
       | They and their critics are not me and have failed to pique my
       | tastes in a positive way for those decades. I feel the Oscars are
       | in a fade to black era.
        
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