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HD-DVD and Blu-Ray AACS DRM Cracked

Posted by samzenpus on from the that-didn't-take-long dept.

EGSonikku writes "According to this article on Endgadget, the AACS DRM used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray has been cracked. The program allows one to decrypt and dump the video for play on a users hard drive, or it can be burned to a blank HD-DVD and played on a stand-alone player. According to the accompanying video, a source release for the program will be made available in January. Time to get that $200 Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive?" Warning: this link contains video.

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  1. Cheers! by wframe9109 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    While I won't be joining the uber-expensive HD parade for several years, This is still good (tentative) news.

    1. Re:Cheers! by charlieman · · Score: 0, Redundant

      He's talking about the emacs version, duh!

  2. When will they learn by Swimport · · Score: -1, Redundant

    All copy protection will be cracked eventually. Although satellite TV isn't reliably cracked... The copy protection does keep 95% of people from copying dvds...