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German firm Medien Patent Verwaltung claims that in 2003, it revealed a new kind of anti-piracy technology to Warner Bros. that marks films with specific codes so pirated copies can be traced back to their theaters of origin. But like a great, hilariously-ironic DRM Ouroborus, the company claims that Warner began using the system throughout Europe in 2004 but hasn't actually paid a dime for it.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100937-Warner-Bros-Sued-for-Pirating-Anti-Piracy-Technology

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/05/27/0352241/Warner-Bros-Accused-of-Pirating-Anti-Pirating-Tech?art_pos=4


It reminds me, and I think it might have been a Warner exec, that a music industry exec's children were pirating music on iPods. Of course there was no lawsuit filed against them.

"Do as I say, not as I do!"

Gee, sounds like a good place for a BSA audit. (Business Software Alliance, computer anti-piracy org)
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