Pact Not to Use Image Constraint Token Until 2010?

Devlin C. writes "Ars Technica reports that many major movie studios and several consumer electronics companies have an unofficial pact not to use the controversial Image Constraint Token in movies until at least 2010, presumably in an effort to spur early adoption. As the article at Ars notes, this would explain why both the low-end PS3 and the Xbox360 lack HDMI. The companies think it's not necessary to have right now, and they would rather shave costs than sell future-proof hardware."

Comments

Imagine?

[6hill]

the controversial Imagine Constraint Token

I can imagine it being controversial indeed.

+1 Giggletypo

Re:The other thing is..

[Lectrik]

Eventually there's going to be a leak of the device keys, like what happened to CSS, and encrypytion of all previous AACS discs are defeated. Although future AACS discs can ban these leaked device keys, a new set of device keys will be leaked.

And the loverly golden apple there will be getting the PS3's device keys out of it's magic box, and seeing if anyone has the balls to ban that.