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HDCP Master Key Is Legitimate; Blu-ray Is Cracked
adeelarshad82 writes "Intel has confirmed that the leaked HDCP master key protecting millions of Blu-ray discs and devices that was posted to the Web this week is legitimate. The disclosure means, in effect, that all Blu-ray discs can now be unlocked and copied. HDCP (High Definition Content Protection), which was created by Intel and is administered by Digital Content Protection LLP, is the content encryption scheme that protects data, typically movies, as they pass across a DVI or an HDMI cable. According to an Intel official, the most likely scenario for a hacker would be to create a computer chip with the master key embedded it, that could be used to decode Blu-ray discs."
Ever had a lot of "shiny bicycles" that aren't so shiny after your wife and/or small kids get their hands on them? I don't want to keep repurchasing the same stuff over and over. If I can get it for free from my neighbor, the original bicycle can stay safely put away.
Look, I disagree with DRM and all its implications. But I cannot understand this justification done in slashdot a lot.
If you/your-kids/your-dog/your-wife do not know how to take care of your possessions, it is only your fault. I am very careful with stuff I *want* to last for a long time.
Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'
Afghanistan is not about oil. If it's about a mineral, it's about lithium.
Sure, because we all have the time to correct unsupported claims on the internet, right? That's the reason only idiots bother with giving references, we all just throw stuff out there... Except that it's the opposite.
Fortunately, Mikkeles was intelligent enough to furnish enough info that I was able to find the reference you were too lazy to look for: Daniel Dafoe's 1703 preface to "The True-Born Englishman".
Note that the reference is 1703, not 1701 as your link claimed.
Democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the issue
Hint: the DMCA exception clauses allow for bypassing restrictions for the purpose of interoperability, which is exactly what you're doing. Your actions are 100% legal, per the DMCA itself. :)
W R O N G !
Hey, fucktard, how about you fucking read the fucking DMCA? The exceptions to the laws against circumventing copy protection schemes ONLY apply when there is no longer any viable method of getting shit to work. Since you can readily BUY HDCP-compliant hardware, the exceptions do NOT apply. The exceptions MIGHT apply in 30 years IF nobody makes HDCP-complaint shit anymore.
you mean, amass am army and invade Normandy, then move inland and eventually liberate the concentration camps? once again, government to the rescue!