You think you know the brutal results of abject paranoia? Wait ’til you read about some of the potential anti-copying schemes on next-generation DVDs!

The above-linked piece is partly based on real rumors and partly on wild speculation; this follow-up attempts to clarify, but only makes matters worse, as the author acknowledges one of the Hollywood studios’ worst rumored schemes might be true. (Said scheme would limit the types of output plugs on new DVD players, so that many existing TVs wouldn’t be able to hook up to them.)