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Blu-Ray To Punish Users for Modifying Hardware
datemenatalie writes "As reported on Engadget, consumers should expect punishment for tinkering with their Blu-ray players, as many have done with current DVD players, for instance to remove regional coding. The new, Internet-connected and secure players will report any "hack" and the device can be disabled remotely. As the article asks, "Are they talking about PVP-OPM techniques and rejected HDMI keys, or something else far more sinister? Because apparently "A hacked player is any player that is doing something it's not supposed to do," which open to a pretty fair amount of interpretation--most of which egregious.""
You have been watching too much porn your dvd player has been locked to watch G rated movies from now on.
Enjoy bambi!
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Just hack it to not report certain of its hacks
And why am I buying the assinine secured player instead of the grey market Chinese one, exactly?
Because everyone knows you get better quality from good western brands like Sony and Samsung than you would from any of those dodgy Asian knock offs.
If this is the future of Blu-Ray, then it will probably go into the junkheap of history next to DivX.
When we tell kids about a time when it used to be possible for people "own" things.
We do have the records, but DRM prohibits us from showing them.
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My wife insists that certain "toys" of hers are off-limits, but little does she know what 9 volts can do compared to 1.5.
Until this "toy" shorts and you have to bury your wife in a Y-shaped coffin.
Riiight. You honestly believe that relinquishing control over media content to record/film studios through licensing is going to end world hunger?
Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
In Russia you own the DVD player; In United States, DVD player owns you....
Listen closely, and you'll hear the "whoosh".
ResidntGeek
Out of all of the DRM technology out there, wouldn't you WANT the one the entertainment industry picks to be something Microsoft wrote?
Kinda makes me want to be wary of internet over power lines.
The solution will be to stop the government from allowing companies to screw us over like this!
"Project Mayham" (from Fight Club) is looking more and more sane every day...
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
Off-topic, and probably not the place, but... I'd like to meet these so-called "kilohumans" the parent mentions.