Hi,

has anybody here looked into Blu-Ray authoring? I was kinda hoping that this would become easy and affordable (as in free) soon ... but the Lib-Ray project at Kickstarter.com (http://www.kickstart...hd-video-format) mentions

DRM, region-coding, and closed/proprietary nature[/quote]
as barriers for open movie projects.

Can anybody confirm that?

Can't there be authoring software at some point that creates Blu-Rays without DRM restrictions? What is up with the "proprietary nature" of Blu-Ray disks?

Much like DVD writers and CD writers before that, the devices start out as expensive and proprietary, and after much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth about how it will destroy the entertainment industry, eventually make it to the hands of regular consumers.

I think they're still in the wailing stage.