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downloading the update... :)

Blockbuster here I come..

]]>Apr 12th 2008 9:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/Apr 12th 2008 9:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/Apr 13th 2008 2:23AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/
BD+ is another matter. It isn't vulnerable to class breaks since the scheme can be changed and renewed. Slysoft can crack some BD+ apps but it means nothing for the future. BD+ can and will be changed. Worse (for crackers) it can start making timing and footprint critical calls on the firmware, things that cannot be emulated very easily. I think as time progresses Slysoft will find themselves increasingly swamped trying to crack each and every Blu Ray disc because the scheme on every single disk (and possibly even different production runs) is different. People expecting AnyDVD to support every Blu Ray disk, or indeed support new releases in a timely fashion are going to be sorely disappointed.

Which is the entire point of BD+. It is not uncrackable but the amount of time and effort to crack titles will just get longer and more prohibitive. Since studios make most of their money in the first few weeks, this is probably fine by them.]]>Apr 13th 2008 4:49AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/
BD+ failed. More money wasted on DRM.]]>Apr 13th 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/Apr 13th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/I mean seriously, between the media companies and the software companies, this game has been played for literally 20 years or more, whether we are talking old school "find the 8th word on the 8th line of the 8th page of the manual"-sort of crap to secret product keys, activations, basic encryption all the way to something as advanced as BD+.

They just don't get it. They will NEVER be able to win this game. The people who program these systems will always be outnumbered 1:1000 or more from people with similar knowledge on the other side.

a MUCH better way to deal with this is simplified managed copy, allowing users to have lower-resolution copies to be used on their iPods, in-car DVD players, friends houses, etc.
Make it incredibly easy for your honest customers and most of them will always pay for the products. I would imagine most of the people who DRM is designed for will either find a way around it or utilize the old "analog hole". If they can't, I bet they don't actually BUY the product ANYWAYS.
What an incredible waste of time for all involved. This will go down in history as a great example of ignorant, short-sighted corporate knee-jerk.









the result has been ]]>Apr 13th 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/I mean seriously, between the media companies and the software companies, this game has been played for literally 20 years or more, whether we are talking old school "find the 8th word on the 8th line of the 8th page of the manual"-sort of crap to secret product keys, activations, basic encryption all the way to something as advanced as BD+.

They just don't get it. They will NEVER be able to win this game. The people who program these systems will always be outnumbered 1:1000 or more from people with similar knowledge on the other side.

a MUCH better way to deal with this is simplified managed copy, allowing users to have lower-resolution copies to be used on their iPods, in-car DVD players, friends houses, etc.
Make it incredibly easy for your honest customers and most of them will always pay for the products. I would imagine most of the people who DRM is designed for will either find a way around it or utilize the old "analog hole". If they can't, I bet they don't actually BUY the product ANYWAYS.
What an incredible waste of time for all involved. This will go down in history as a great example of ignorant, short-sighted corporate knee-jerk.









the result has been ]]>Apr 13th 2008 7:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/Apr 14th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/12/slysoft-stays-one-step-ahead-of-aacs/Apr 13th 2008 7:17AM