Few weeks agp some guy by the name of Muslix64 had hacked the AACS content protection system, thereby rendering HD-DVDs fully copyable? Turns out the same person has been hard at work giving the same business to Blu-Ray discs. Bit-Tech has the story.
Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs basically have the same anti-copying technology as part of their essential DNA. AACS, which is responsible for encrypting the actual digital content contained on the discs, and HDCP which is the hardware lock that prevents you from playing the encrypted files on any piece of technology that pleases you. Here's the rub: once AACS is cracked (and the data exported to a non-encrypted format) the HDCP hardware protection kinda becomes a moot point in the case of HD-DVD, and now Blu-Ray, that's exactly what's gone down.
Muslix64 apparently achieved the Blu-Ray decryption by tweaking his pre-existing AACS hack to account for Blu-Ray's file structure and encryption keys. What this hack does not address is the second form of 'Blu-Ray specific' copy protection something called BD+...but since there aren't actually any Blu-Ray discs on the market using DB+ right now, that's also kind of a non-issue.
The Bit-Tech article points out another interesting point:
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Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs basically have the same anti-copying technology as part of their essential DNA. AACS, which is responsible for encrypting the actual digital content contained on the discs, and HDCP which is the hardware lock that prevents you from playing the encrypted files on any piece of technology that pleases you. Here's the rub: once AACS is cracked (and the data exported to a non-encrypted format) the HDCP hardware protection kinda becomes a moot point in the case of HD-DVD, and now Blu-Ray, that's exactly what's gone down.
Muslix64 apparently achieved the Blu-Ray decryption by tweaking his pre-existing AACS hack to account for Blu-Ray's file structure and encryption keys. What this hack does not address is the second form of 'Blu-Ray specific' copy protection something called BD+...but since there aren't actually any Blu-Ray discs on the market using DB+ right now, that's also kind of a non-issue.
The Bit-Tech article points out another interesting point:
That's right. Apparently modern media players (much like Gunter from Deus Ex) now contain a secret killswitch when it comes to next-gen media formats, which can be flipped on at a moment's notice if The Man gets pissy. File that one under "Things you didn't know about modern copyright law."
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