SlySoft claims to have cracked BD+, naysayers fall quiet

by Darren Murph, posted Oct 30th 2007 at 3:13AM

We haven't broken down the minutes and seconds or anything, but we're fairly certain that July 10th wasn't exactly ten years ago. Nevertheless, the so-called "impenetrable" BD+ DRM scheme has reportedly already been subverted, and it's no shock to hear that the folks behind SlySoft had a hand in it. Regrettably, there's not a lot of details beyond that just yet, but according to the outfit's CEO, the software is ready to rock and should be released before the end of 2007. Chalk (yet another) one up to the hackers.

[Via HighDefDigest, thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Filed under: Industry, Blu-ray, Fox

Tags: aacs, bd, copy protection, CopyProtection, crack, cracked, drm, fox, hack, hacked, protection, slysoft

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smee @ Oct 30th 2007 5:05AM

Hmmmmm, Disney's main reason for staying blu just got blown. Shame for all the DRM loving public also.
It will be very interesting to watch our own version of DRM, h4idol, Jimmy and co put a positive blu spin on this one.

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Andrew @ Oct 30th 2007 6:06AM

HAHAHAHA...the only reason FOX went Blu is BD+ HAHAHAHA

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Asterra @ Oct 30th 2007 6:49AM

Don't fret. The BD folks have BD++ in the pipeline. It's part of Profile 3.0.

Guaranteed to involve no more than 75% hardware replacement, and no longer than four weeks of firmware delays.

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Anthony K @ Oct 30th 2007 8:49AM

Wow, looks like all the HD-DUD users are dancing around their HD players in happiness; you all forget that cracking the BD+ is not going to help since all the manufacture has to do is change the code and all that work is for nothing. Then slysoft will have to start over again :)

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Shape @ Oct 30th 2007 9:05AM

Anthony, you are assuming that they left a window open, and that it isn't a crack in the foundation.

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Dman @ Oct 30th 2007 9:47AM

and it will be cracked again...and again...and again...Sony keeps wasting money on trying to fight this...and they will keep losing...welcome to the future ....piracy isn't going anywhere.....ARRRRGGGHHHH

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Smee @ Oct 30th 2007 10:30PM

You are also missing the point that it was being touted as "uncrackable" and it was that 'supposed' security that has won some studio support.

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Ryan P @ Oct 30th 2007 9:04AM

Looks like defective by design is losing. Chalk one up for user freedom. Slysoft has a 20% discount until Nov 5th (free 30 day trial too). I think I'll take them up on that. This includes updates into perpetuity for their products.

Also Andrew, now that Slysoft has broken BD+ I expect them to be able to do it even faster next time. Remember, everything that is necessary for decoding the video is right in front of them when you use this type of encryption. The only hope for the bad guys is to "hide" it well.

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Cory @ Oct 30th 2007 9:08AM

look a blu supporter comes out of the weeds into our war party's camp... brave...

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GhostDoggy @ Oct 30th 2007 9:15AM

With the exception of not being able to get a particular title or content on one format vs. another, the current street pricing to support both formats within the home seems rather trivial to a point where even discussing this is absurd.

Let's say you are a BD fan. You are probably spending $450 to get a BD-capable player. Well, you will spend less than half of that amount to also support HD DVD. Or, you could spend the combined amount on a universal (ahem, combo) player.

I really see this whole thing as a non-argument. In the time that we've spent debating the issues, the prices of the players have dropped by at least half, and we're into a 3rd generation set of players. Its like kicking a dead horse that has already decomposed.

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Peter B @ Oct 30th 2007 9:24AM

" you all forget that cracking the BD+ is not going to help since all the manufacture has to do is change the code and all that work is for nothing. "

Wow, thats exactly what the said about AACS.

Excuse me while I go download a HD Rip of the transformers.

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h4ldol @ Oct 30th 2007 10:06AM

Awesome news. It won't matter to those early adopters who could easily afford blu-ray players, but for Joe 6-pack, who wants and feels compelled to backup every movie purchase so that he can pass it on to his children as a sort of family heirloom, this is huge. No worries now Joe, come on and join the blu!

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h4idol @ Oct 31st 2007 7:48AM

Now now H4, what would your sony masters say about that post. I am sure they wouldn't be happy with a comment that encourages piracy.
I think you will get the blu spank, you naughty, naughty boy.
After a little discipline and guidance, i am sure you will be back on track 2morrow with your normal negative, teenage rhetoric.

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HDDVDnet @ Oct 30th 2007 12:27PM

There goes Fox titles for another 9 months....

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ihustle @ Oct 30th 2007 12:32PM

thats funny since Slysoft always get cracked as well so you really dont have to buy their shit either LOL

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joe @ Oct 30th 2007 3:06PM

The way that bd+ works is that it is supposedly much easier to change the BD+ keys in a way that if a disk is cracked future ones will require a new crack. So it is possible to change the key without making future or current disks unplayable.

The article is very light on details and has no link in it. It's unknown if you will have to download a crack for each disk.

So for now HD-DVD and BD are dead equals in terms of drm.

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h4Idol @ Oct 30th 2007 3:20PM

Actually, on second thought, this sucks for Blu. J6P is probably going to go HDDUD once all the studios leave Blu now that the only reason they were with us in the first place is gone. I'm going to go cry in my Blu koolaid.

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