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| DATE | 2006-06-05 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] DRM is Theft: Blue Ray
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Blu-ray DRM Gets Very Personal
bf23glrg.jpgBusinessWeek posted an excellent primer on the DRM features
built into new Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs by David Holtzman, former CTO of
Network Solutions and the editor of GlobalPOV.com. The article makes it
pretty clear that the days of relying on software encryption to protect
Hollywood's big-budget films are soon to be gone. Perhaps the most
ambitious plan is BD+, which takes a very active approach to
copy-protection. According to the Holtzman:
There's an ominous feature buried in this so-called protection
mechanism: If a particular brand of player is cryptographically
"compromised," the studio can remotely disable all of the
affected players. In other words, if some hacker halfway across
the globe cracks Sony's software, Sony can shut down my DVD
player across the Net.
Now that is reaching out and touching someone. I wonder if BD+ will work
with the internal Blu-ray drives that ship with PCs? I tend to be the
Blu-ray fan on staff, at least compared to some, but that is just
creepy.
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