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SubjectRe: RealMagic DVD-cards
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> I'm assuming the DVD industry hasn't been overly cooperative in the matter? I
> would think that to some degree, the decoding specs would be published so that
> hardware manufacturers could get access to them. Is it reverse engineering on
> everyone's end? Or just ours?

You can sign NDA's for the info for a fee (about $15,000 I seem to remember)
but then can't release the info itself. Also if you do a software decoder
and your decoder is 'cracked' to open the spec you agree to pay them a huge
fine.

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