[opendtv] Re: News: NCTA: HBO's Zitter Says DRM Is Misnomer
- From: "Kon Wilms" <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 07:45:33 -0700
On 5/11/07, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At 4:28 PM -0400 5/10/07, John Limpert wrote:
>All this talk about the "analog hole" assumes that it is practical for
>the casual pirate to digitize, capture, and compress the HD video from
>the component outputs of the STB or other HD video source. Is that
>really true?
NO.
I am not aware of any consumer equipment that provides HD analog
component inputs for recording. I may be wrong, as it would be
There are many. Prices from $350 for HDMI input in 720p, and up. I
recently priced an analog component 720p (I believe 1080i/p as well)
PCIe capture card for around $950. All you need is marginal knowledge
(knee bone connected to the..) and a small bankroll. These are coming
down in price from where they used to be since consumer camcorders are
becoming more powerful. Oh maybe hollywood can lock that up for us as
well!
But lets be honest, the real pirates are not the consumers, they are:
1. China with no respect for IP laws, duplicating DVDs and funneling
them in through South America
2. Eastern Europe, the wild west of the internet, couriering warez via
bittorrent and other mechanisms.
3. Studio execs and employees, distributing their own screeners and
material before release for profit (or just out of plain ignorance) to
parties directly associated with 1 and 2.
How about the studios wise up and cut piracy at the source. OH WAIT it
is easier to sue any Joe Bob in the street!! Stupid me. I almost
forgot about free and one-sided trade!
And how much effort was wasted on CSS and AACS?
Carry on...
Cheers
Kon
possible to do this on Blu Ray or HD-DVD, however I think that they
are specifically not allowing this feature on High Def DVD recorders.
So the only way to record this stuff is with professional HD
recording formats...easy for a well funded pirate, but very difficult
for a consumer.
Keep in mind, that the REAL analog hole is an anatomical feature of
the back lot lawyers in Hollywood, who are trying to control their
product from the moment it is released into distribution until the
moment you pay for it...
again and again and again...
Ad nauseum.
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