AACS hacks causing BD+ development to be accelerated
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Apr 16th 2007 2:56PM
posted Apr 16th 2007 2:56PM
Some people just don't get that DRM doesn't work. While EMI is starting to offer their valuable content DRM free, studios that support Blu-ray are pushing Cryptography Research to complete BD+, in an attempt to secure their content. Of course it's too late for those movies already out in the wild, but future titles from Sony and Fox -- who knows who else -- will employ BD+ to further secure movies even when AACS can't help. BD+ allows the studio to add an additional layer of DRM, that can actually execute code on your device to prevent playback. As bad as it is, it's not as bad as it sounds, after the disc is removed, so is the BD+ code and none of your other discs are affected. BD+ can be harder to circumvent because it is more versatile and can adapt to hacks, but it also increases production times on discs by one to four weeks. 
Delays production time by 1-4 weeks? Did not know this. BD+ will not stand up to the hackers and will be abandoned once they realize they are delaying production for nothing.
So where is the online Casino that's taking book on the timeframe for breaking the new DRM?
I'm going with 6mos. It sounds like this may be one of the 'best' DRM schemes yet.
And BD is better than HD DVD why exactly? The people's choice should be HD DVD. It has DRM, but it's already been broken and won't get any better. But fanboys think the extra 10 gigs of space is worth it. Whatever.
Its not 10GB its 20GB and in later time 70GB then 170GB.
Yes, its worth it.
Hollywood will not sell it's content without copy protection. If existing copy protection keeps getting hacked, they'll pull their content.
Hackers and supporters of hackers using the argument that "it's my property and I can do with it what I like" are terribly wrong. You do not have the right to watch HiDef content or use "your" property any way you like. Viewing HiDef content is a privilege. That privilege can be revoked at any time. You'll be able to watch anything you've purchased (or stolen) up to a certain point, but when Hollywood refuses to sell HiDef content, evetybody gets screwed by the actions of a few.
"You do not have the right to watch HiDef content or use "your" property any way you like."
Actually, the Supreme Court has said that you do have the right to make copies of things for your own personal use; unfortunatly, the DMCA says you can't break encryption, so they in essence make it illegal... Good luck enforcing it though.
Sorry, if I buy media, I should be able to do with it what I want. Luckily HD DVD doesn't have a'BD+" equivelent. Support it instead.
If Hollywood pulls their content, there'll be plenty of people ready to step in and fill that gap, so Hollywood loses.
Sorry, let me say this: If I buy something, I will do with it whatever I want. The DMCA says it's copyright infringement to override DRM. How is that? Overriding DRM is not copying someone elses copyrighted material.
I'm sorry, but when I buy something, I will do with it as I please. It's not up to the companies to decide what I can and can't do with it. I am not purchasing a right, priveledge, or signing a contract. I am purchasing a physical disk, and am not creating copies to hand out to others. I am protecting my investment by making a backup copy. It's too bad blu-ray consumers like being told what to do with their purchases.
Besides, who the hell would want to download a 50GB torrent anyways? I think the best copyright protection with HD disks is making the movie files so damn big.
By purchasing protected content, you are agreeing to not copy the protected content.
There are almost ALWAYS use limits on items you purchase. For example, you can't drive 150 MPH in your sports car, even if I can do 150 MPH.
The thing is, they don't mention that. Stores don't advertise that you are pretty much siging a contract. The tiny print here does nothing. It's certainly not going to stop me from putting a movie onto my HTPC's hard drive...
At the end of the day, the average consumer thinks they are purchasing the actual disk, and could give a rats ass what some big corporation says you can do with it. People will find a way, and it's time for the MPAA to start going after the real issues, instead of screwing over the consumers with restrictive DRM and rules. I don't think it's a matter of hollywood losing money to pirating anymore. It's a matter of hollywood failing to adapt to what consumers want, and instead forcing those consumers to do what they want...
Actually, you are purchasing a right to view the content. As mentioned before, the Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that you have the right to do as you please with the content insofar as viewing/playing it. What you do NOT have the right to do, is distribute it to others.
While you are correct that Hollywood doesn't have to distribute HiDef films, once you have legally purchased that privilege, the only way the privilege of watching the content can be revoked is if you transfer your privilege to someone else (i.e. sell or give your disc to another, and I think pirating it to you also constitutes you voluntarily giving up your privilege), or if you are refunded your money (theoretically you are supposed to be able to get a refund if you refuse the license agreement on a copyrighted work, though no store will take it back, but that's another conversation).
Honestly, while it is important to stop piracy, the **AA are going after the wrong people. Almost all movies distributed over file-sharing networks are an inside job; either someone ripped a screener copy or cammed the movie while it was in the theater. All the copy protection in the world isn't going to stop that, they're going to have to do some purging if they want to stop it. Of course, it's a lot easier to take you or I to court, demand extra payments for rights that the courts have deemed come as part of the package (backup ability, transferability of license, transcoding, time-shifting), then convince Congress to protect those demands (DMCA).
Personally, I won't be buying either HiDef format, as my players are always my computers, since I loathe that I must sit through 10 minutes of previews for movies long-since gone from theaters and straight-to-DVD trash each time I want to watch my favorite movies, even though I *gladly* coughed up the cash to watch them. Let me do what I want with my content, and I'll gladly cough up the cash to use my glorious new HDTV. Don't, and I'll watch more of the skateboarding dog in widescreen...