I will not buy a dvd that has commercials in front of it. I shouldn't have to buy a fucking hacked Taiwanese DVD player so I can skip the crap that they flag as unskippable.
« Last Edit: March 05, 2007, 12:28:51 PM by bhodi »
I might start downloading stuff from Comedy Central off the internet because of all the utter shit they make me click/wait through. Any Alliance Atlantis products too.
The above crack is the discovery of the processing key from a particular software playback program. That means that any current title can be decrypted without knowing the specific title key by using that processing key. However, the people who control these AACS keys are able to "revoke" individual device keys by creating a new media key block which manufacturers would then use on the discs. This means that it's highly likely that sometime in the future the device key for that software player will be revoked and another processing key will need to be discovered (or people will have to go back to discovering unencrypted title keys individually).
The open questions are whether or not the AACS people will at some point simply disallow software AACS playback programs if it proves impossible to protect the processing keys or if they'll continually update the media key blocks or if they'll simply give up like they did when the CSS key was discovered and not bother to revoke any more device keys.
It always kind of amazes me that people still feel the need to hack DRM solutions. I understand when the DRM hinders legitimate attempts to use the media, but a lot of these people just want shit for free.
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It always kind of amazes me that people still feel the need to hack DRM solutions. I understand when the DRM hinders legitimate attempts to use the media, but a lot of these people just want shit for free.
You're amazed that young people with nothing better to do will go to lengths to 'stick it to the man' and get stuff for free?
Eh, I guess I feel I have better things to do than stealing shit.
I think I can better understand that it's a technical challenge; it's like a huge puzzle set up by these multinationals that cost millions. I guess it could be a pretty big thrill to crack it.
Fear the Backstab! "Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion "Hell is other people." -Sartre
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