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Decryption Keys For HD-DVD Found, Confirmed

Posted by kdawson on from the house-of-cards dept.

kad77 writes "It appears that, despite skepticism, 'muslix64' was the real deal. Starting from a riddle posted on pastebin.com, members on the doom9 forum identified the Title key for the HD-DVD release 'Serenity.' Volume Unique Keys and Title keys for other discs followed within hours, confirming that software HD-DVD players, like any common program, store important run-time data in memory. Here's a link to decryption utility and sleuthing info in the original doom9 forum thread. The Fair Use crowd has won Round One; now how will the industry respond?"

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  1. Blu-Ray? by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Has the same thing been done for Blu-Ray yet? I would like to see DRM on both systems being shown as being useless.

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    1. Re:Blu-Ray? by HappySqurriel · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      I really doubt that Blu-Ray is dead or has been killed, but I do think a lot of Sony's recent decisions (Root-Kit, Laptop Battery Fire, Lik-Sang Lawsuit, and PS3 Price) have made many potential consumers very angry.

      Ultimately, in 24 months every HD-DVD player will play Blu-Ray movies and the 'format war' will have been a massive waste.

  2. Re:Blu-Ray Rules Supreme! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ha! Blu-ray doesn't belong in my living room, and neither does Al Gore!