Because for every Sony movie, and every Sony bluray player sold, Sony has to pay royalties to the other companies involved. Also, you act as though Sony is the only one selling bluray players...which is obviously not the case. So, if sony makes money, everybody else does as well, Sony is making no more than they were before with DVDs. Your bias is disgusting.  

Oh wow... so let me get this straight... let's say a blu-ray play sells for 10 dollars. And there are 10 companies who get royalties. You think each company gets a dollar? oh wow... yeah... ok.

Yeah.. that makes .. eh.. sense :D A sony blu ray = no profit because other people are invested in the blu ray format. :DD

well who cares then? Why is this a big deal. I buy a disc and watch it, I don't copy it.

Yo, ironman. You're getting a bit rusty. I take that back. You're corroded to the core.

They own a codec that can be used in blu-ray. I'm not sure how many movies were ever done in the format (VC-1), but since it's more expensive, and not as good as h.264, I doubt it's used much now. Originally it was mostly used because the encode already existed for HD-DVD.

Easy now.. he didn't know what he was talking about. Im sure he feels embarrased enough as it is.

Lol this..... peoplefind the weirdest thing to whine about latelly....u cant please everyone i guess...... and as a "Blue Ray" customer i dont feel screwd at all... i have no need to copy my blu-ray movies what so ever...

Wasn't the main delay and angst with all this "one copy" issue caused by the US Congress? I also thought one of the reasons behind BD coming later to market was there was some bitch fighting with Hollywood over the protection schemes.

Anyway, this whole thread is basically about the "right" to do one copy and that it may be charged for. It uses an authentication server. So they have to stop the BD films getting ripped and put as Torrent MKV's.

So this has little to do with Sony, little to do with the actual BD technology. It's got everything to so with DRM (integration into BD) and IP law makers.

Hey I am all for a debate on that topic but why the angst against the actual format and the manufacturers, such as Sony?

Hardly, you are acting like Sony is the only ones selling Bluray players...which is obviously not the case. Also, You forget all about the fact that Sony was just as involved in DVDs, the movie side of things is just that, they are not making any more money on Bluray than they were with DVDs, so that point of yours was completely moot. 

@Mafkka, nice...trolling me again, grow up...seriously.

@CTA, so be it, but the codec is still used, and as I said before, I believe MS actually owns some stock in Bluray. Even still, this is straying far from the OP. MS doesn't have as large a hand in the pot as other companies, but nobody was saying that. I believe Panasonic is the company that stands to make the most money.