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.
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We all know that bit about a "speedy trial" doesn't exactly come to fruition in most cases, and after three excruciating years of battling 
