FOX News has reported confirmation by Intel that the High Definition Copy Protection (HDCP) code has been cracked. This code is designed to protect digital content such as high-definition Blu-ray movies, so that digitally-identical copies cannot be made from a commercial disc. The HDMI digital connections include HDCP support, for example.
According to the reports, this [...]
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HDTV Almanac - HDCP Code Cracked
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alfredpoor
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dsnay
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Done cracked da code
What with the questionable marketing of Avatar (3d) can you imagine how many "cracked copies" will be showing up on Ebay in the fall?? I'm betting the boys in China are already gearing up !!
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gartrste
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No surprise to me. When I was in southeast Asia over three decades ago, bootleg copies of cassettes (for those who don't have any idea what a cassette is, think of a plastic case containing incipient spaghetti) were...everywhere.
After all of these years - and after the transfer of huge amounts of American and Japanese computational technology, mostly in the name of saving a buck in labor costs - the "industry" of bootlegging has greatly evolved. When you pose an intellectual puzzle whose solving is financially rewarding to those who - critically - have the computational capability to crack it, it is going to happen.
'Twas rather short-sighted of the CEO set in the west and Japan to think that just because they could transfer production to cheaper climes in the name of unrestrained capitalism, the fear-based ethical system of unrestrained capitalism ("Do what I say, or I will fire/sue/arrest you!") would also transfer.
After all of these years - and after the transfer of huge amounts of American and Japanese computational technology, mostly in the name of saving a buck in labor costs - the "industry" of bootlegging has greatly evolved. When you pose an intellectual puzzle whose solving is financially rewarding to those who - critically - have the computational capability to crack it, it is going to happen.
'Twas rather short-sighted of the CEO set in the west and Japan to think that just because they could transfer production to cheaper climes in the name of unrestrained capitalism, the fear-based ethical system of unrestrained capitalism ("Do what I say, or I will fire/sue/arrest you!") would also transfer.
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Roger Halstead
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Probably not all that expensive
It depends on the technical savvy of the person, or people doing the cracking and project, but for a "back room" project in China, I seriously doubt it'd be expensive or time consuming. The most difficult part would be interfacing "the chip" with what ever device it's implemented in. Nor should we forget that some of these outfits do it for the challenge.
I think the prediction of the foreign copies showing up for sale on the Internet is likely true.
I think the prediction of the foreign copies showing up for sale on the Internet is likely true.