HDCP, the copy protection intended to keep HDMI-beamed content on lockdown, was recently cracked. The new “master key” might not be very useful to John Q. Gizmo, but it will keep torrenters frustrating the hell out of the MPAA. [Rudd-O]
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Water Bear
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 11:26 AMI dont understand what this has to do with torrentors. Blueray ripping isnt a problem, isnt this just basically the handshake between HDCP devices?
I dont get the application. Is it just that you could play HD content over a non signed connection? Analogue rgb or somesuch.
Nozlaf
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 12:22 PMthe problem is that your stuck thinking about bluray
think about HD streamed content straight from the internet or downloaded to your pc / media playback device e.g. xbox, ps3 etc..
with this breakthrough it is possible to record the hdcp stream straight back to a file which is exactly the same as the original.
Water Bear
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2:33 PMThat may be it. I suppose my exposure to protected high def material has been limited to that thus far.
In saying that what Hi-def content has HDCP enable, is it stuff like netflix? Does Youtube 1080p require HDCP? Im just a bit lost as to how far reaching the standard is. anyone help a brother out?
Water Bear
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2:35 PMSo its just opening up an analogue hole in the stream to record it 1:1?
Greg
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 5:20 PMWell not quite, but close. The output will be many times larger than the source material because by the time it is being transported over HDMI it is already uncompressed and _massive_.
So to get any usable output you would need to re-encode it, which will result in further loss of quality.
Shane
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 11:57 AMDoes this mean we will now be able to attach a “recorder” between the ATV and TV and “record” all this rented videos??
simon
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 5:26 PMcopy protection has never worked and will continue to fail. I think there article was here on Giz about how our ancestors had copyright written on the front of their books. It didn’t actually stop anyone from stealing. Indeed, no law or legislation has ever stopped a crime, EVER! I know, this article proves it. I believe it is illegal to circumvent any DRM – the digital millennium act or sommin.
Any business selling content, needs to stop selling content. Movies and Songs have become worthless. The medium they are printed(or broadcasted) on are worthless. In essence, the artist who made the content is also worthless.
The only true value in a content selling business is ACCESS and thats what these industries should be selling.
When I goto the cinema, I am not buying movie. I am not even buying a seat. I am buying one time access to said film. All content should be treated the same as the cinema. I am not buying a DVD, I am buying access to that film. I am not buying a CD, I am buying access. Not just one time either. For a lifetime. Even if the artist and business that sold me access goes bankrupt, that does not change the content and should not affect access.
The only problem, or feature, depending on your point of view, is tiering. Example. $15AUD for lifetime film access. That’s it. The film only. Want to watch the “bonus disc” – thats an extra $7 for access, one time use only access code.
Selling access, to me, is a very George Orwell 1984 solution but meh…. As of today, police can track your car with GPS WITHOUT a warrent(USA), know where you are when you make a 000 call(A-GPS) and send legally binding summons through facebook (http://www.allfacebook.com/is-facebook-the-new-government-2010-05).