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By Steve Ragan Apr 10, 2007, 7:47 GMT
AACS revokes released HD-DVD and Blu-ray keys
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Equating loss of DRM protection with piracy seems rather ignorant to me. There are plenty of legitimate reasons one might want to bypass DRM. Bypassing previews on rented disks, for example, playing files in environments that lack the latest and greatest DRM technology, or, when better technology comes out, moving data over to newer, more space efficient storage media while destroying the older disks all seem perfectly legitimate reasons to bypass a DRM scheme to me.
The fact that U.S. Copyright Law allows the owner of such media tha ability to create archival (backup) copies and/or use limited samples of an entire work for educational or research work should be authorization enough.
If I choose to migrate the content I purchased to another medium or device, that I own, for the purposes of MY listening/viewing and use the original media as the archival copy should be of no consequence as it is a right afforded to me by law.
It amazes me how many lawyers and other so called 'professionals' employed by the entertainment industry can misconstrue a long establish federal mandate on such a huge scale.
DRM employed by Blue-ray and HD-DVD will eventually force consumers out of the now multi-billion dollar video market due to on-going hardware/software compatibility issues driven by updates to that DRM model to keep it secure.
It's been both said and proven that DRM and the DMCA is movie and musics attempt to circumvent the protections afforded to U.S. consumers.
And just like the music industry if the move to uber-secure HD-DVD and Blue-ray continues I'm sure we'll be hearing Hollywood squeal that market losses on DVD sales are a result of piracy and NOT the fault of the industry choking the consumer with unjust restrictions.
Just give the hackers time. That is all they have and a goal to make it available to all.
I think in light of Apple and their overseas issues with DRM. Making mandatory hardware updates is just insane. Just look my own example. I do not have satellite or cable television, but I do own a HDTV, Upscaling DVD player, Xbox360 with HD-DVD Drive. I am lucky enough that the xbox will automatically update the DRM / Key.
What if in 6 months they make it mandatory that my surround system is DRM required to even hook up to my devices.
And to make sure that all components have access to the internet to update? Come on people are not going to connect all that junk.
This isn't about preventing piracy... it's about controlling what we watch and/or listen to and controlling what equipment we choose to watch and/or listen our entertainment on, This is about selling and reselling the customer the same product over and over again. It's about screwing the consumer with the benefit of lubricant much less a little respect.
I view every single implementation of DRM as another step down a very dark, and very slippery slope.
Why would anyone willingly purchase a device that can, retroactively, deny you access to the media that you legitimately bought and paid for?
With this retroactive revocation, I see more and more reason to rip your disks as soon as you buy them, so that you are guaranteed to be able to watch them in the future... If you can't rip them yourself, get a rip from the net.
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