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DVD Security Group Says It Has Fixed AACS Flaws

Posted by Zonk on from the harder-boiled-egg dept.

SkillZ wrote to mention an article at the IBT site discussing a fix to the security breech of the HD DVD and Blu-ray media formats. "Makers of software for playing the discs on computers will offer patches containing new keys and closing the hole that allowed observant hackers to discover ways to strip high-def DVDs of their protection. On Monday, the group that developed the Advanced Access Content System said it had worked with device makers to deactivate those keys and refresh them with a new set."

2 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Even more reason to have nothing to do with it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    You have the right to not watch their movies, but why do you think you have a right to pirate them?

  2. Re:The right to pirate by Spasmodeus · · Score: 0, Troll

    Rights are yours if you have the means to enforce your ability to exercise your right Cool, so if I have the strength to clobber you in a dark alley, and the cunning to get away without being seen, I am clearly just exercising my right to take your wallet! I eagerly await my -1 Troll mods from all those who would rather suppress cognitive dissonance than resolve it.