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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."
Where can I buy the t-shirt?
Intel now approaching release on an even newer, even better DRM system developed with secret AI Heuristics obtained in their recent acquisition of McAfee. A spokesman, who asked not to be identified, said "Trust us! This time we'll defeat those nasty pirates for sure!" The Intel technology is rumored to be based on quantum cryptography, 2Gbit keys, and something which is referred to as a "negative entropy hash".
In response we've asked Tim Jones of The Pirate Bay to comment. "Goodness. Whatever will we do? We'll never be able to decode that. Oh, wait. Those torrents come from unencrypted masters before they went to production. They're not cracked, they're leaked. Never mind. No worries."
Sony, BMG and Viacom are said to be in negotiations to license the technology.
Help stamp out iliturcy.
Bonus points for using an Arduino, ya?
When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
You seem quite informed. While I've got you here, could you please tell me what the "R" in "DRM" stands for?
HEY!! That's the combination to my luggage!
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
could you please tell me what the "R" in "DRM" stands for?
Restrictions, according to RMS (the Rights Management System).
Ask me about repetitive DNA
I think that's going to require one extra beefy t-shirt
-- Let us endeavor so to live that when we pass even the undertaker shall be sorry. -- M. Twain
The RIAA ;)
tl;dr
You fuckers should have just caved and got a new 3D TV when they were trying to drive uptake the polite way.
SONY? Is that you?
Just like digital audio and DVDs, Blu-ray will no longer be a profitable media.
Yes, this is all true. This is also slashdot, so I needed to karma whore to make up for expressing a Microsoft neutral point of view. A DRM consipiracy theory seemed likely enough to garner upvotes. Reverse trolling, if you will.
The acronyms, please no... no more. I can't handle the compression!
Eat sleep die
People seem to think that this was done for piracy, or done by extraordinarily clever hackers through a lot of time and pain.
Thats all bunk. The whole reason people hack these master keys is to sell a butt-load of t-shirts.
Esophagus? If I ever need an emergency tracheotomy, please be far, far away from me at the time.
Let's have a little poll. Who believes the above was written by a parent?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I am TRULY SORRY.
This space available.
All the parrot poop on the floor, the indentations left by a peg leg, and the stench of rum are a dead giveaway.
You need intensive psychiatric treatment.
You might want to be careful of this particular AC; he might just turn your pseudonym into your reality.
"A government is a body of people usually -- notably -- ungoverned." -Shepherd Book
Of course, this is the newer term or pirate that means one that violates copyright, not the definition that means one that raids ships
Sigh. It's only slightly newer, and I think a definition of a word that dates back over three hundred years can be considered legitimate.
Blank until
1. Reach puberty
2. Have a kid
3. Wait three years
4. Come back and post a correction
he's a nerd, not a doctor
You missed a pristine opportunity for a "For God sake's, Jim..." joke.
Nerd card please.
Finally had enough. Come see us over at https://soylentnews.org/
Grandma, did you hack Blue-ray?
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
For God's sake, Jim. He's a doctor not a nerd.
Brain surgery - it's not rocket science!
That does explain why Chinese search engines index my site better then Google or Bing and I get all off these Chinese visits ever since I mirrored the key.
Raspberry. As in, "Delicious Raspberry Marmalade."
Although I still don't know why you'd put it on your Blu-Ray disks.
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
1. Reach puberty
2. Have a kid
3. Wait three years
4. Come back and post a correction
Obligatory XKCD reference
It occurs to me that "Plugging The Analog Hole" would be a brilliant name for nerd-themed porno.
I was following you right up until you put the word tricks in single quotes. Then you lost me, trying to be all fancy like that.
This space available.
Well I'm not from the USA, so...
Anyway, the reason us in the western world are so rich is that we have enslaved other countries by military might (in colonial times) and by exploitative contracts backed by bribes or threats (in modern times). We make ourselves rich by making others poor. Our cheap consumer goods are only possible by making sure that their wages stay inhumanly low.
What you consider protection of jobs is merely the continuance of economic suppression.
Or in simpler words, greed and exploitation.
HAL.
Got them moderator blues I blieve I walk out the do', With these mod-points I been gettin', I 'most never post no mo'