The cryptography expert that I work with has the best analogy for AACS. It's a ginormous hardened steel bullet proof padlock placed on a grass house (PC's). It's also a wonderful dichotomy. The only way to make AACS secure is to run it on (at least marginally) secure STB platforms. But nobody is going to ban PC playback, because there's too much revenue to be made on sales for that platform. Ron Bob England wrote:
Meanwhile, EngadgetHD is reporting that Fox apparently hasn't released a Blu-ray title since around the time that the AACS crack first surfaced back in Feb. http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/05/10/hey-blu-ray-where-did-fox-go/ And so it goes... Bob England On 5/17/07, Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070517-latest-aacs-revision-defeated-a-week-before-release.html"Despite the best efforts of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Administration (AACS LA), content pirates remain one step ahead. A new volume key used by high-def films scheduled for release next week has already been cracked. The previous AACS volume key was invalidated by AACS LA after it was exposed and broadly disseminated earlier this month. The latest beta release of SlySoft's AnyDVD HD program can apparently be used to rip HD DVD discs that use AACS version 3. Although these won't hit store shelves until the May 22, pirates have already successfully tested SlySoft's program with early release previews of the Matrix trilogy." Down for the count... Cheers Kon
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