DVD movie jukebox: latest victim of digital rights wars

My latest Q&A with a tech company CEO went live at Engadget a little while ago:

The Engadget Interview: Michael Malcolm, CEO and founder of Kaleidescape.

And it's already been Slashdotted here.

At first glance, this seems to be an issue affecting only millionaires: the lawsuit brought against a tech startup making $27,000 DVD players.

But CEO Malcolm discusses how an industry cartel is suing his tech startup because it had the temerity of creating a device where you can store your DVDs without having to have the physical DVDs present in the player while you're watching a movie. It's another important chapter in the digital rights wars that has attracted zero coverage in the mainstream media.

Check out this well-done editorial in CE Pro Community: DVD CCA is an Innovation-Stifling Cartel. CE Pro editor-at-large Julie Jacobson was so outraged over the DVD Copy Control Association's actions that she has made a tax-deductible $65 "Benefactor" donation to EFF, and encouraged readers to do the same.

Cross-posted to New Media Musings.