News about new CopyToDVD and Blindwrite

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Users of our CopyToDVD Forum may have read that VSO software have been planning to introduce a new feature into their CopyToDvd and Blindwrite products.

Although it may seem scary at first that a company would like to introduce a feature that send information from your home pc to a another company, VSO software have been quick to ask for user input and have made this option non compulsory - meaning that the end user does get to choose wether or not they agree to send this information. Below is the official statement from VSO Software themselves.

"Updates of CopyToDVD and BlindWrite are about to be released. The most interesting new feature is an anonymous statistic database connection about the used drive, media ID and speed, and error code if any. You can read technical information about this feature here Why did we implement this feature ? for VSO, it will be an opportunity to be more reactive and provide more reliable products. By detecting new drives released in the market, latest firmwares, and statistics about media usage and failure rate, the real time information will be used to improve the technical support and knowledge. We don't collect any information about users or the kind of data burnt. Of course, this is optional, and users can desactivate the feature at the installation.

Drive and media manufacturers will be able to benefit of the data collected to improve their own products as well. They can contact us for more information.

Users will benefit of this exciting database by checking which drive and media are the most reliable. A special web space will be available in a few weeks for end-users and webmasters.

These new versions will be released soon, please wait and use the version who will be officially available from our web site and not versions leaked for beta test."

Our own opinion is clear on this subject. As long as it helps hardware/software manufacturers better understand any problems their products have and it helps the end user get a better, safer recording experience then we are all for this feature. We hope that many users will contribute to this database and help other users from their experiences.