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A method of copy protection that rapidly modulates colorburst signals and pulses the vertical blanking signal in order to make videotaped copies of protected materials unwatchable. Some older VCRs even have trouble viewing Macrovision-protected movies. DVD players typically have Macrovision circuits built-in to make copying of DVD movies impossible; however, some DVD players allow Macrovision to be disabled.
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Macrovision - Arik Hesseldahl, 09.09.04, Forbes.comNEW YORK - Why would wireless chip company Qualcomm want to get intothe display business?To do what it does best: license technology to mobile phonemanufacturers everywhere.That's the plan behind Qualcomm's $170 million buy of startup IridigmDisplay of San Francisco. Qualcomm already held a 14% equity stake inIridigm, and today announced the deal for the remaining 86%. Theinvestment arms of Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing;Steamboat Ventures, the venture capital arm of The Walt Disney Co.;and the influential industrial design firm IDEO also were investors inIridigm."We're in the business of finding technologies that are fairlydisruptive, and they have some fundamental intellectual property,which is a good thing for us," says Paul Jacobs, president ofQualcomm's wireless and Internet business group and third son of ChiefExecutive Irwin Jacobs.http://www.forbes.com/2004/09/09/cx_ah_0909qcom.htmlEric Friedebach/Favorite OnStar commercial: crying woman drops keys in toilet/
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