Blu-ray copy protection cracked

funkyspider · 31-03-2008, 8:50 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/te...00/7314276.stm

"When it launched in 2007, developers boasted it would not be cracked for 10 years."

Well more fool them...

paul1967 · 31-03-2008, 9:04 AM

Notice how its been done just after the demise of hd dvd ,ie kept quiet till after the studio' s moved over to blu-ray

mjn · 31-03-2008, 9:14 AM

The final comment is fantastic!!

BD+ is designed to react to attempts on its technology.

Its developers say they can re-lock copied discs, making them unusable in the future.

SlySoft reckons it is prepared for this.

Peer van Heuen from the company said: "The worst-case scenario is our boss locks us up with only bread and water in the company dungeon for three months until we are successful again."

dan1979 · 31-03-2008, 11:47 AM

I'm confused, copies of Blu Ray discs have been available to download for ages, what's changed exactly?

funkyspider · 31-03-2008, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dan1979

I'm confused, copies of Blu Ray discs have been available to download for ages, what's changed exactly?

I think its the ability to do a 1 to 1 copy onto another blu-ray blank, or just that it has been made available in a commercial product. Not sure really, just saw the story.

pjclark1 · 31-03-2008, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dan1979

I'm confused, copies of Blu Ray discs have been available to download for ages, what's changed exactly?

Blu-Ray plus disks were hard to crack (Fox titles) everything else was cracked from the start. Basically DieHards, Simpsons, ID4 and a few others.

huntere · 31-03-2008, 1:35 PM

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Originally Posted by paul1967

Notice how its been done just after the demise of hd dvd ,ie kept quiet till after the studio' s moved over to blu-ray

What? Is this a genuine remark? I only wonder as I'm in rural Australia and the latest her is that Betamax machines wont be sold anymore!

funkyspider · 31-03-2008, 1:56 PM

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Originally Posted by huntere

What? Is this a genuine remark? I only wonder as I'm in rural Australia and the latest her is that Betamax machines wont be sold anymore!

Australia is the best place for us to get DVD's. Quite often cheaper than we can get them in the UK even after adding delivery !

Miyazaki · 31-03-2008, 3:09 PM

When will they learn how pointless copy protection systems are?

They need to stop using copy-protection for the following reasons:

1. It will always be cracked.
2. It is anti-consumer
3. People have a right to use their property as they see fit.
4. It doesn't make the contents of the disc any more "safe".
5. Causes operability problems.
6. All HDCP has and will do is stop people being able to watch HD over the connection type of their choosing - VGA, Component, DVI etc.
7. Copy protection will never stop piracy
8. The development of pointless copy protection system inflates prices.

dBrowne · 31-03-2008, 7:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Games Guru

8. The development of pointless copy protection system inflates prices.

I thought inflated prices was the whole point of the exercise.

Steve.J.Davies · 31-03-2008, 8:46 PM

It is not a copy protection mechanism, it is encryption to impose privacy i.e control. world of difference which among other things means they had to try to contol the end-to-end path including the hardware and all the software. e.g. hence Vistas 30 times second check on drivers etc.

Not only does the complete end-to-end task complicate things immensely for the manufacturers any new encryption is HARD to get right. This was always doomed.

Encryption on its own does not prevent copying.
e,g, encrypted msg

ased hunp wkit qxrv lgwd yzig vdpw

go on try and cut and paste that. easy isn't it.

calling it Copy Protection is just a word game from the industry to hide the true reason - market control. please don't propagate it folks.