Paramount licenses BD+ DRM from Macrovision

Looks like Fox won't be the only one using BD+ soon, now that Paramount has licensed it, along with a few other DRM tools like RipGuard and ACP from Macrovision. There's no indication when, or even if Paramount will use the technology on its titles and the press release from Macrovision focuses on its ability to protect video over Internet, cable and satellite. As it is, we're sure Slysoft appreciates all the effort, but it's the people who legally buy their movies that might need a firmware update just to play Transformers 2.

[Via Video Business]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2009 11:47PM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 9:50AM]

More DRM! Yippppeeeee!!! Anyone have stock in Macrovision?

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[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 10:09AM]

And in related news...AnyDVD just received an update today.

[mdntcallr Posted Apr 30th 2009 10:28AM]

i don't mind it at all on Blu-Ray.

but BD+ on anything Cable or Satellite just isn't right. Subscribers to Cable or Sat who pay ought to be able to backup content to DVD or BD disc or media center.

sorry but... we have legal rights to backup for our own personal use. NOT to fileshare or such. but hell, if i love Battlestar galactica and want to save it to watch later and dont want to keep it sitting on the HD DVR hard drive. i ought to be able to. even have the legal right to do!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 10:48AM]

Yet another thing that only hurts legit consumers.

This just in, Paramount, Fox, and Macrovision release a new protection called BD-M+ this new protection dynamically encrypts human memory and recollection of the the Blu-Ray content that the consumer watches. As the customer watches the movie, the customer looses the ability to recall what exactly happened in any re-conveyable form. The customer may remember what happened in the movie but is unable to tell anyone else about what he/she saw in a way others can understand.

Slysoft is on the job with their new product "Slysoft: Memory Unlocker" to decrypt the encoded memories of the movies.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 2:24PM]

Yeah, because BD+ works so well.

Don't mind me. I am too busy torrenting the top 10 HD releases.