Both HD DVD and Blu-ray HD formats encryption cracked
- From: "cwdjrxyz" <spamtrap2@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 21 Mar 2007 19:17:01 -0700
Both systems of the new HD DVDs were supposed to be super secure, at
least compared with the system used for the old standard DVDs. However
both systems have been cracked. A firm on an island nation, that has
long sold software to copy ordinary encrypted DVDs, has been selling
software to decrypt the HD DVD format. They apparently do not have
laws to prevent this on the island, and apparently are thus beyond the
reach of the Hollywood lawyers. Someone put up source code for
cracking the Blu-ray HD format, but the Hollywood lawyers were able to
get the site taken down.The "island crackers" were fast. They recently
started selling software that decrypts DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray DVD(HD),
and some funny CDs for under $80. The movie companies will no doubt
change their code a bit. However the "island crackers" have been able
to overcome anything the movie companies do in short order in the
past, including the worst that Sony could come up with - which can be
very complex. Given the hype about how secure the new HD formats are,
this makes one wonder if it is at all possible to secure media using
techniques that can be applied to a PC without adding a lot of extra
expensive hardware. It has been rumored that one movie company stopped
the release of some new movies in a HD format because of these
developments, but I have seen nothing to prove that this is more than
just one of the many rumors that get spread around the web.
Blank Blu-ray disks are still very expensive costing about $16 each,
so I doubt if there will be widespread protected movie copying on them
until the price of the blanks goes down a lot. Blank HD DVD discs are
now considerably less expensive, and Amazon had a name brand of them
selling for not much over $1 each in bulk. Also HD computer drives are
still expensive, and Blu-ray ones are especially so. Of course, if HD
DVD sales take off, drives that will play both formats likely will
become available at a more reasonable price. Also, as with the early
video tale wars, one HD format could emerge as the winner. But I can
remember the time when an entry level DVD stand alone recorder cost
nearly US$1000 and blank DVDs cost about $20 each. Thus there was no
demand for funny software to copy commercial movies, because you could
usually buy the commercial DVD for less than the blank discs cost!
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