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AACS Cracked Again
EmTeedee sends us to a blog post for a summary of the latest results in cracking AACS, from the Doom9 forums (as the earlier cracks have been) — after the DVD Security Group said it had patched the previous flaws. From the DLTV blog: "This time the target was the Xbox 360 HD DVD add on. Geremia on Doom9 forums has started a thread on how he has obtained the Volume ID without AACS authentication. With the aid of others like Arnezami they have managed to patch the Xbox 360 HD DVD add on... It appears that XT5 has released [an] application that allows the Volume ID to be read without the need to rewrite the firmware. This would mean that anyone could simply plug in the HD DVD drive and obtain the Volume ID from any HD DVD without the hassle of flashing it."
Owned.
No more movies! Ever! We quit!
The movie industry.
Sometimes the best solution is to stop wasting time looking for an easy solution.
The race is on, let me tell you from the perspective of online gaming and the cheat vs cheat detection wars:
;)
The hackers have the edge.
But if you develop the AACS standard at least you have job security
...this is just barely 24 hours after they announced it was fixed? Great work to those involved. Hell I can't get a change approved in 24 hours!
The Russians have won. They have made the world a cesspool of distrust, greed, fear and hate.
Another Aacs Crack Soon
one minute booting time?
;)
are you serious? I don't own one (never will - I don't condone the BD or HD-DVD 'protection' concepts and they'll never get dollar one from me).
why on earth does it take that long? for every startup?
are you talking about software based players (on a pc) or hardware set-top boxes?
(what are they doing? calculating PI to zillions of digits or something??)
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"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
Well...unless you're making pr0n...
Dear Indie Movie Lover,
Explosions are expensive.
Sincerely,
Most people
Dear Most People,
Controlled explosions are expensive.
Sincerely,
Someone who played with fireworks as a kid
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
Dear Most People,
Most common items don't explode. They spark, they pop, they burn, they shatter; but big booms with infernos and visible concussion waves are few and far between.
Sincerely,
Reality
Its a simple formula. You take the cost per day of developing and pimping DRM (DEV), the fat wads of cash you make per a day (FATCASH), the daily % of sales lost to piracy when a high def release is out (OHNOES), the number of days that your shitty DRM delays a release (PWNTIME) the amount of money lost because geeks are angry at your DRM (RMS), the incidental benefits of making money selling people the same shit twice (JSIXPK) and the amount of extra daily profit needed to get your annual executive bonus (GOAL).
(JSIXPK + (FATCASH / OHNOES) * PWNTIME) - DEV - RMS. If this is more than GOAL then you win!
I submit to you that FATCASH is extremely large, and OHNOES is very small. PWNTIME is probably in the order of a week. JSIXPACK is a fairly substantial bonus. DEV is tiny compared to (FATCASH / OHNOES) * PWNTIME. RMS is insignificant compared to JSIXPK.
Sounds like hitting GOAL would be a trivial task which would imply you win FERRARI and HOOKERS.
So yes, they know what they are doing. They know the game quite well, they have run the numbers. They also know the numbers, (the real ones, not the "we lost more than the GDP of the US on piracy") - and I humbly suggest that if you don't know the numbers you should perhaps STFU. DRM is a delaying tactic, and I'm very sure the content holders know it.
3laws: No freebies, no backsies, GTFO.