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- Blu-ray option on new MacBook Pro
- Blu-ray option on new MacBook ProIn order for he Macbook to offer a Bluray drive ....... and playback movies they have to embrace DRM. It will be interesting to see if this occurs after Job's public stance on DRM. Will this just be another case of Jobs reversing...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-31
- AACS defeated ... again (New AACS Processing Key released)
- AACS defeated ... again New AACS Processing Key releasedGoes back to the article on why DRM wont ever work.sad to see.Why not let people backup their stuff? HD-DVD's are huge.. that will limit pirating by itself. Only the ones who cant afford it in the first place will...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-13
- AACS broken - before it's patched!
- AACS broken - before it's patched!DangThe polling function seems to be doing the arithmetic correctly for once -- although 100% may not be a good test.Same Ol' StoryingWith the archiac denial of the impending death throws of CD style media, this is only a bragging rights item.Anyway, hackers will always...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-17
- AACS broken - before it's patched!
- AACS, the copy-protection scheme used on HD DVD discs has been broken again. But what's different this time is that it's been broken six days before the new, updated version is released.It's SlySoft, the makers of AnyDVD, which are behind this new crack. The latest beta version of AnyDVD HD, version...
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- AACS vs. The bloggers
- AACS vs. The bloggersJust Some?[B]We know some people are critical of the technology.[/B]I think that should be everyone outside of the MPAA/AACS organization hates the technology.As I said before, and again now, AACS V2.0 will work, spend your good money after bad on that. In the meantime, on with...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- Why the AACSLA are desperate to force the "forbidden numbers" genie back into the bottle
- Why the AACSLA are desperate to force the "forbidden numbers" genie back into the bottleI have said it before, I'll keep saying it!To the MPAA/RIAA, I'll just watch, refuse to purchase and laugh as you throw millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions in a vein attempt to 0wn the...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-02
- Digg this: AACS takedown notice backfires
- Digg this: AACS takedown notice backfiresAnd the answer is......[i]"...all the AACS managed to do was [to] spread thousands of copies of the code indelibly all over the internet. Will they ever learn?"[/i]... no.Lawyers are STILL not net-savvy. They and many companies have yet to learn that the dissemination of information...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-02
- AACS licensing authority censors Cory Doctorow's class blog
- AACS licensing authority censors Cory Doctorow's class blogAACS is OWNEDAACS is OWNED or will be very soon. DRM is dying even before the format battle between BluRay and HD-DVD has begun. Hollywood has to start treating consumers with respect, not like an enemy.Viral campaign anybody?I think the better answer is...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-01
- WinDVD 8 and AACS key revocation
- Ive had a few questions from readers regarding the implication of the AACS key for WinDVD 8 being revoked (as covered on, for example, Slashdot).First off, has the AACS key for WinDVD 8 been revoked? The answer is yes, as you can read in this press release by InterVideo:To...
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Another nail in the AACS coffin
- Another nail in the AACS coffinGotta love dem piratesLOL. There is no end in sight.These people are hackers, not pirates.AFAICT, they are breaking AACS, not distributing illegal copies of HD movies.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-25
- Another nail in the AACS coffin
- A hacker has put another nail in the coffin of the HD encryption scheme AACS - the device key for WinDVD 8 has been found.[poll=94]A hacker going under the pseudonym of ATARI Vampire has discovered the device key for WinDVD 8 and posted their findings on the Doom9 forum. ...
- Blog posts 2007-02-25
- AACS - BUSTED!
- [Updated: Feb 13, 2007 @ 4.15 pm] Ive just found out that SlySoft have a beta version of AnyDVD HD in the pipeline. This application is able to rip HD-DVDs (but not Blu-ray discs). Details here and here. AACS took years to develop and millions of dollars to...
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
- HD-DVD copy protection in tatters
- Late last year I posted information about a new HD-DVD decryption utility that was released which was capable of decrypting a AACS Advanced Access Content System protected HD-DVD discs as long as title keys were available. Many were skeptical. Some pointed to the technical problems of extracting title...
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- Christmas gift to Entertainment Cartel: DVD Copy protection cracked?
- Entertainment execs who took a break over the holidays may or may not be coming back to some extremely bad news particularly since a lot of high definition DVDs were probably given as gifts over the holidays. In case you didnt know, there are two competing formats for putting...
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- DRM: AACS, DTCP-IP, and your rights to video content
- AACS stands for Advanced Access Content System and really refers more to an agreement among the people who make video recording and playback devices than a specific technology. Mike Evangelist, who used to be the chief video guy at Apple and knows where at least some of the bodies...
- Blog posts 2006-03-20
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- DRM licensing group plan to plug analog hole
- DRM licensing group plan to plug analog holeI don't piratebut I hate DRM. It's a huge scam that penalizes legitimate users and doesn't do anything to stop real pirates. It makes me disrespect the industry and less likely to buy encumbered products. In my life, I have bought a total...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- DRM licensing group plan to plug analog hole
- The AACS Licensing Authority seems to think that you don't have enough DRM in your living room and seeks to eliminate analog decoders by 2014. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- iTunes Plus: an upgrade odyssey
- iTunes Plus: an upgrade odysseyThe all or nothing thing......is a shocker. The rest I suppose you could call teething problems.I almost feel justifiedI have never purchased a song through iTunes. I've used the "get a free song!" codes before, but I've gathered fewer than 10 songs that way.I...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-19
- Blu-ray is dead: the sequel
- Bill Hunt, Blu-ray defender? Over on The Digital Bits blogger Bill Hunt rebukes me for calling Blu-ray dead. Then he goes on to agree with almost everything I said - except for the conclusion. With friends like that, Blu-ray doesn't need me! Industry...
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucksI agreeYep, the UK broadcasts look pretty swanky.But, whenever they're showing clips from US news shows or playing Friends on Channel 4 (so that's about... 90% of the day?), the quality is crap. Whether its just because US TV...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
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