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Flood of 4K James Bond Leaks Further Point To iTunes Breach (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

AmiMoJo writes: All 24 movies from the iTunes exclusive 4K "James Bond Collection" have leaked online. This is further evidence to suggest that pirates have found a way to decrypt 4K source files from the iTunes store. How, exactly, remains a mystery. While most regular releases can be ripped or decrypted nowadays, 4K content remains a challenge to breach. Up until a few days ago, pirate sites had never seen a decrypted 4K download from Apple's video platform. However, a flurry of recent leaks, including many titles from the iTunes-exclusive "James Bond Collection," suggests that the flood gates are now open. It all started earlier this month ago when a pirated 4K copy of Aquaman surfaced online. The file is a so-called "Web" release, also known as WEB-DL in P2P circles. This means that it's a decrypted copy of the original source file. These were never seen before for 4K releases. Because the Aquaman release was only available on iTunes in this quality at the time, the most likely conclusion was that Apple's platform was the source. However, based on just one single leak, it was tricky to draw strong conclusions.

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  1. Did anyone... by skam240 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did anyone honestly believe that SPECTRE wouldn't be able to figure out a way to decrypt Apple's 4k movies?

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    1. Re:Did anyone... by ToTheStars · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, Mr. Bond, I expected you to pay!

    2. Re: Did anyone... by Sarten-X · · Score: 4, Interesting

      That's not usually true. Video codecs often place a lot of the computation work on the encoding side, since people generally only care about smooth decoding playback. That means encoding often runs far slower. I'm not sure what codecs are standard in the piracy world these days, but I'd be surprised if anything readily available to pirates can encode full-speed 4K with enough effect to make storage feasible.

      To my knowledge, there are only some cameras that would have the necessary hardware, but they're rather ridiculously expensive to use for parts. What kind of budget does a pirate have, exactly?

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  2. It had to happen someday by Cajun+Hell · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Pretty sure the number of surprised people is around 0.

    I suppose this is good news for people who want 4k content but can't use proprietary stores or players. They might as well just pirate the stuff until/unless the industry starts selling standard files. (Who the fuck wants to have to use iTunes?)

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