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Re:Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to... by retox on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @05:02PM (#15596542)
On my legit DVD copy of 'Mulholland Dr.' by David Lynch the entire main film is one continuous video and you cannot skip, fast forward or jump to a particular scene, so you have to watch the whole thing end to end. The directors notes that come with the DVD say this is because he wanted to limit the way people experience the film.

First thing I did was rip it and remove the restriction. Imagine if you bought a film and it refused to play on any screen less than 32" wide...

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Re:Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to... by hsod on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @05:23PM (#15596718)
You sure? I believe he intentionally did not put in scene breaks but regular old fast-forward still worked.

If you're right, it's an interesting example of "artistic" DRM that is not related to copyright enforcement. Can anyone think of any others?

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