Kaleidescape ruling could further delay managed copy on HD flicks

by Darren Murph, posted Apr 8th 2007 at 10:26PM

As if you weren't scootin' around the AACS protection on your high definition films already, the finalized spec for the Advanced Access Content System could be delayed even further thanks to the somewhat surprising ruling given in Kaleidescape's recent ruling. According to Michael Ayers, a senior attorney with Toshiba America Information Systems who also manages the group that licenses AACS, there will "absolutely be increased scrutiny of the AACS documents after this court decision," meaning that managed copy decisions could continue on the perpertual delay path its already on. Still, we highly doubt the savvy ones are waiting around for someone to tell them how to "make copies of movies on a controlled basis," but it could be quite awhile longer for those that are.

[Via eHomeUpgrade]

Filed under: Industry, Regulatory, Other hardware, Others, Toshiba

Tags: aacs, copy protection, CopyProtection, court, DVD CCA, DvdCca, Kaleidescape, legal, security

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