[opendtv] Re: Blu-Ray DVD copy protection breached

Craig - You are essentially correct. 


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From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:24 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Blu-Ray DVD copy protection breached

At 11:08 AM -0400 3/27/08, John Shutt wrote:
>I bought an HD-DVD player from the Warehouse Retailer Sam's Club a 
>couple of weeks ago.  Great closeout price of $69, plus two HD-DVD 
>movies were packaged with the player:  300 and Bourne Identity.
>
>The unit has provisions to be connected to the internet, and indeed the 
>manual strongly advises that the user do so in order to download the 
>latest software revisions "to be fully compatible with the enhanced 
>features found on HD-DVD disks."
>
>I wonder if they could also push a list of "broken" titles to the 
>player, thus locking them?  Blu-Ray also touts it's connectivity, and 
>also strongly advises an IP connection to keep the software 'up to 
>date.'

As I understand it, they can do this kind of stuff via new releases. 
A new legal title could contain commands to disable specific keys, which could 
render either titles or the hardware unusable.

I'd like to know more about the specifics of how this works and what they can 
do with these capabilities...

Regards
Craig
 
 
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