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Blu-ray discs now crackable too: The group hacking effort, lead by an anonymous programmer going by the alias "muslix64", claim to have been able to decrypt and play commercial Blu-ray media as well as HD-DVD discs.Yesterday "muslix64" made the following post of the Doom9 forum:In less that 24 hours, without any Blu-Ray equipment, but with...; Tags: In the news, Blu-ray, Blu-ray disc, Blu-Ray Media, muslix64; Blog posts 2007-01-20
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...; Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, HD DVD, Blu-ray disc, HD-DVD, Muslix64, hacker, entertainment, DVD, AACS; Blog posts 2007-01-02
HD-DVD AACS hacked: A hacker going under the alias "muslix64" has written a utility which is capable of decrypting a AACS Advanced Access Content System protected HD-DVD discs.The decryption tool, called BackupHDDVD, is a Java-based command-line utility which decrypts the .evo video files found on a HD-DVD disc and saves them to your...; Tags: In the news, Copyright, HD-DVD AACS, BackupHDDVD, HD-DVD; Blog posts 2006-12-28

Analyst: Corel's DRM patch only a bandage: Analyst: Corel's DRM patch only a bandageOddSo this only affects playing on the PC. So no effect playing on the a separate unit in the entertainment center? What's these new discs going to do there?This could be just another nail in the HD/Bluray DVD coffin if it cause people forking...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Advertising & Promotion, digital-rights management, DVD IS, Corel Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-04-10
AnyDVD HD defeats AACS on HD-DVDs: AnyDVD HD defeats AACS on HD-DVDsHmm, interesting choice...Either buy a new HDCP-compliant graphics card and monitor, or buy AnyDVD.Tricky...(Well, not really. Personally, I'll just wait for the HD-equivalent of libdvdcss to appear ;-) )I'll stick to regular DVD. Maybe I think I'm living in 1997,but I recall when DVD...; Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, DVD, AnyDVD HD, VHS, HD-DVD; Discussion threads 2007-02-17

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...; Tags: In the news, DRM; 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...; Tags: Cutting Edge, Copyright, HD-DVD, AACS; Blog posts 2007-01-18
Christmas gift to Entertainment Cartel: DVD Copy protection cracked?: Christmas gift to Entertainment Cartel: DVD Copy protection cracked?Go ahead, revolk the keyRevolking a key is a temporary fix. Another key will be found on a different device and open up DVDs for copying again.video is goneYoutube says "This video has been removed at the request of copyright owner...; Tags: Corporate communications, Consumer electronics, Advertising & Promotion, YouTube Inc., Entertainment Cartel, video, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, DVD Copy Protection, DVD, Christmas Gift, entertainment; Discussion threads 2007-01-02

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