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Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by dTal on Saturday April 06, 2019 @08:09PM (#19593850)
>blu-ray on-disc software

It's shocking to me that this is even a thing. I looked it up and apparently Blu-ray players are required to execute Java off the disc! How far we've come since the Sony CD rootkit days...

A cursory read over the spec on Wikipedia indicates (among other horrifying things) that it is possible and supported to release a Blu-ray that contains no media, but instead streams it over the internet from the studio's server.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BD-J

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Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by detaro on Saturday April 06, 2019 @08:13PM (#19593875)
> Where can I find more about how it works? Is there a VM of some sort?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray#Java_software_interfac...

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Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by dTal on Saturday April 06, 2019 @08:20PM (#19593899)
Ah, sorry, I looked it up myself and edited my comment. Bad habit of mine. Thanks anyway.
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