About the HD Boycott Page

The purpose of this site is to encourage people to not buy the new high definition DVD technologies which seek to greatly reduce or eliminate the concept of fair use and first sale rights. Our goal is to provide information so you can make your own decision.

GET THE FACTS

ARStechnica - Analog Sunset
ARStechnica - DRM vs Fair Use
ARStechnica - MPAA & DRM
ARStechnica - When HD is not HD
Boston College on First Sale doctrine
Business Week - DVD War Against Consumers
CD Freaks - Fox wants even more DRM
Cory Doctorow's article on DRM
EFF article about Fair Use
Freedom to Tinker - RIAA on DRM
Free Republic - DRM Report
Free Republic - Hollywood Aims to Outlaw Analog Capture
Information Week - HD - Bad For Consumers
The Guardian - Has Hollywood Gone Overboard?
Heise Online on AACS Launch
IGN - Next Gen DVD Debacle
Mike Evangelist's article about AACS
Phillip Swann - Can the Studios Be Trusted?
SciFi Tech - Early Adopters Are Screwed
Stereophile - Fair Use At Risk
Sydney Morning Herald - Battlelines drawn over DVD formats
TG Daily - ICT - Image Constraint Token
TG Daily - Studios Making the Rules
Wikipedia - Digital Rights Management
ZDnet - Your Rights to Video Content

WWW.HDBOYCOTT.COM

The truth about AACS, HD-DVD, Blu-ray discs and your rights

Welcome - This page was created to provide information about some unpleasant 'features' of new HD disc technologies. There are two competing formats of high definition DVDs now available: HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. Unfortunately both systems utilize the draconian AACS DRM system, which is a giant step backwards for fair use and continues Hollywood's ongoing battle against their paying customers.

Don't buy any new HD gear
without getting the facts.

or you might will regret it later.

What you can do:

Read the articles about AACS, DRM, and HDCP in the
GET THE FACTS section (to the left)

Tell your friends and others who count on you for tech
advice about the issues

Don't be seduced. Don't buy a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray DVD player.