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Posted April 13, 2007 05:16 PM by Josh Dreuth
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In response to the attacks on AACS (the encryption system used to protect against piracy of Blu-ray and HD DVD discs) the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has accelerated the time table for implementing BD-Plus. Earlier this year, a flaw was found in PC-based Blu-ray and HD DVD player software, allowing users to obtain the title keys necessary to freely copy content of the disc onto a hard drive. Since then, HD titles have appeared on Torrent sites and other underground networks.
BD-Plus (BD+) is an encryption system completely separate from AACS, which helps prevent Blu-ray discs from being copied to a user's computer far beyond what AACS was designed to do. BD+ allows the disc to install a small piece of encryption software on a player, meaning that each disc can have its own key instead of each disc of a particular movie having the same key. This allows a single disc to be rejected, effectively punishing the person stealing the content, instead of everyone who owns that movie.
Sources indicate that player compatibility testing has ended, and that studios have had test discs for the last few months. Once BD+ is available - which Sony Pictures is planning to use by the end of the year - it will add from seven to 28 days to production time, per title. 20th Century Fox, who introduced BD+ and has slowed disc production since the attacks on AACS, is expected to be one of the firsts to implement this new technology. BD+ is only available to members of the BDA for use on Blu-ray discs.
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BadCompany89
Apr 13, 2007
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Good, hopefully this will reduce piracy and thus lower prices for most people in the long run. | |
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BLu-Balls
Apr 14, 2007
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Great, this gives little excuse for studios to unleash mega titles and Fox will be releasing all those titles that were held back for the earlier part of this year. Now, if only they can have BD J and we could finally get WB to release some choice titles. | |
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Polyh3dron
Apr 14, 2007
It's hilarious that the AACS was cracked using the EXACT same method that guy used to crack CSS. Just reverse-
engineer the software used to play the disc and you will crack the protection. You would think that the BDA and DVD
Forum would have thought about this when allowing devs to make software players for BD and HD-DVD. Well it looks
like the BDA has a contingency plan though. HD-DVD, not so much. | |
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iceman
Apr 14, 2007
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If you look at the DVD market in Beijing/China, I understand why the movie studios want BD+. The only thing that sucks at the moment is the additional 7-28 days production time, that will have some impact in the short term, but probably (hopefully) not in the long run. | |
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aktonin
Apr 15, 2007
Copy protection gives studios an excuse to increase prices. Why? Because if people can get cheep pirated versions or download HD films cheaply online... it forces their hand to lower their prices. While if they have a monopoly, then they can charge whatever price they like, and because there is no regulatory board they can get away with it.
BD+ is a strike against consumers' rights to backup content which they have purchased. Many people will buy a disc, copy it – play the copy, so their original disc doesn't get damaged. If your copy gets damaged, you can just go back to the source disc and make another copy, while if your original blu-ray disc gets damaged, you'd have to purchase another copy of the disc, which means more money for the studios. It also means you can't re-encode the film for your hand held devices, which should be your right as a consumer, since you essentially purchase a licence to play the film when you purchase a film.
How you play the film should be your choice, since you essentially bought a licence to do that. | |
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Greatwhite
Apr 16, 2007
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If you buy a game you can not back it up and the same applies to movies. I have yet to have damaged a DVD or Blu Ray disc. The short of this is that the system of backup has been blatantly abused. People have seen fit to take content thats not theirs and resell it. Buying copied music or movies funds organized crime which in turn funds terrorism. | |
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kabraal
Apr 17, 2007
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agreed...why the hell would you want to backup a $10 movie? Sheesh chances of you damaging the dics while playing it it bloody small! And if it break...buy a new one...damn that's a weak excuse against br+ | |
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kabraal
Apr 17, 2007
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remember aktonin, the content doesn't "belong" to you it belongs to the movie studios... | |
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Dave
Apr 17, 2007
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aktonin, no protection survived so far, none will in the future. BD+ will only calm down studios for a while. | |
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Xavieryz
Apr 23, 2007
Great white, how old are you? turn off your CNN and Fox News
"Buying copied music or movies funds organized crime which in turn funds terrorism."
If you honestly believe that Shit, you Sir are an Idiot, for someone to actually make references like that shows how much you eat up that BS that you hear in the media.
Do you also make quotes like " I would steal a car before I copied Casino Royale from a friend"
This copy protection is going to hurt Bluray and I am glad they are implementing it , because I as a consumer I chose HD over Bluray, they have there shit together, unlike Sony, selling players before specifications are complete, and now this. Have fun running software with your 1000 dollar outdated hardware. in 2008 | |
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