Sony Fesses Up to DVD Glitch

Sony has finally responded to the growing doo-doostorm over the gimpy new DRM scheme it quietly inserted into some commercial DVD releases.

The company acknowledged that it is indeed a variation of its hacked-in-a-minute ArccOS system that is causing some DVD players to choke on new releases such as "Casino Royale." According to a Sony statement:

Recently, an update that was installed on approximately 20 titles was found to cause an incompatibility issue with a very small number of DVD players (Sony has received complaints on less than one thousandth of one percent of affected discs shipped). Since then, the ARccOS system has once again been updated, and there are no longer any playability problems.

The company further promised to provide replacement discs for anyone having problems with one of the faulty titles. Call Sony Pictures Home Entertainment at 800-860-878 to get on the list.

Sony fixes problem DVDs[Video Business]