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    New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule

    Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM

    HDCP Restrictions Rolled Back on New MacBooks

    AnyDVD HD Is Here, So Start the Blu-ray BD+ DRM Crackin'

    Macrovision Buys Broken Blu-ray DRM Tech for $45 Million

    Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked, Disk Copying Software Out by Year's End

    'Fantastic 4', 'Day After Tomorrow' Highlight More Blu-ray Movie Incompatibilities

    Hollywood Readying Burn-To-DVD Downloads But Do We Care?

    Blu-ray and HD DVD Hacked Already

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    Image of Jitty Jitty
    12/30/08

    In reply to New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule
    This is from the inquirer, I'd take this with a grain of salt
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    12/31/08

    @Jitty: (1) You're thinking of the "Enquirer" with an "E". This is the "Inquirer" with an "I".


    (2) You can readily test this out yourself - just go get the app. No article needed for substantiation.

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    12/30/08

    In reply to New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule
    Do you guys need me to forward you the announcement e-mails so you can be more on top of this?
     Reply
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/29/08

    In reply to New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule
    Air Water AnyDVD Food Sex
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/29/08

    In reply to New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule
    Let me tell you a little story about a man named Cracked! Cracked! even before you start. That was a pre-emptive "Cracked!" Now, I have a whole bag of "Cracked!" with your name on it.
     Reply
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    Image of soccer1105 soccer1105
    12/29/08

    In reply to New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule
    when will they realize that they can't win this?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/29/08

    @soccer1105: Sony.


    I'm sure that says it all.

     Reply
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    Image of Monty Monty
    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    Think of all of the people employed to make all of these incompatible products. In an economy like we have today, we really should be embracing the chaos that is modern copy protection.
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    Image of KJA KJA
    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    You forgot to mention how to break the DRM, if this explaination included "EVERYTHING" you wanted to know. I want to know how to break Fairplay DRM specifically.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    12/19/08

    @KJA: There's actually a link in the story specifically pointing to that. (I'll let you go back and find it.) So no, nobody forgot. Enjoy!
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    Image of Gann Gann
    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    Not quite "Everything You Wanted To Know About DRM", or it'd include a viable business model for the future of entertainment.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    12/19/08

    @Gann: Who do you think we are, record-industry execs? (Badum bum.)
     Reply
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    Image of Gann Gann
    12/19/08

    @Wilson Rothman: I said viable business model.
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    Image of jackjumper jackjumper
    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    "but then again, it's not as easy to rip a stream for Joe Blow as it is to share a file over Limewire"


    Remember, though - all it takes is one clued in guy to rip the stream and Joe Blow can download it over Limewire forever. This is why DRM really doesn't work.

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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    12/19/08

    @jackjumper: I think that's why Hollywood is glad that, for now, streaming video looks like ass. Can you imagine a super-clean non-hiccupy HD Hulu stream? I don't think NBC or Fox can either!
     Reply
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    Made me throw up a little. With the accompanying afterburn.
     Reply
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    Nice to know the nattering nabobs of negativity now make padlocks.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    11/26/08

    In reply to HDCP Restrictions Rolled Back on New MacBooks
    DRM: Harming the innocent since inception.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    11/26/08

    In reply to HDCP Restrictions Rolled Back on New MacBooks
    So let me get this straight, you still can't watch the HD content from iTunes on your MBP through a 30" Cinema HD... god bless DRM, now even Apple stuff doesn't work with a Mac.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/26/08

    In reply to HDCP Restrictions Rolled Back on New MacBooks
    I think someone needs to launch a skiff attack on RIAA and MPAA.
     Reply
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    Image of Moargazm Moargazm
    11/26/08

    In reply to HDCP Restrictions Rolled Back on New MacBooks
    When will people learn that the only thing a macbook is good for, is looking like a hip douchebag while secretly running your linux distro of choice?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/26/08

    @Moargazm: Considering that Linux is already the OS of choice for self-righteous "counter-counter-culture" geek-chic douchebags, the redundancy would puzzle me.


    Sorry, didn't mean to offend your copy of Insecure Ibex

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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    11/26/08

    @Moargazm: They're also good for identifying douchebags in general. They're either busy berating someone else's choice in computers, or they're busy walking around with their noses stuck up in the air so as to proudly display the dingle berries of El Jobso they've so dutifully collected.
     Reply
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    11/26/08

    @Moargazm: When will some people learn that there are more important things in life than which computer you might prefer? Thankfully most don't give a damn.
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    Image of Moargazm Moargazm
    11/26/08

    @OMG! Ponies!: Oh, I thought it was the OS of choice for IT professionals. My mistake, after all, ANYONE can get Arch running perfectly.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/26/08

    @Moargazm: I don't know about that. As far as simplicity in running goes, both OSX and Vista, while not perfect, each feature "set it and forget it" simplicity.


    My Avira antivirus is free and runs in the background, very happily updating itself when it needs to. Same with the spyware program. As for firewall, it's built into my router. If there is an update, Vista downloads it in the background (a feature carried over from XP) and installs it by itself, rebooting if necessary. It logs onto the internet automatically when it leaves sleep. There's really very little for me to do but point to the program I want to run and run it.


    My MacBook runs with the exact same level of simplicity. Every so often, the computer tells me there is an update, it downloads it and installs it. It runs slower than my VAIO, but it's also a year older.


    My copy of Ubuntu installed on my Toshiba is rarely used. I just see no real need for it other than to tinker with when I get bored. It doesn't do anything that my Vista-powered VAIO or my Leopard-powered MacBook can't do and between the two, I can run 99% of the programs that I'd ever want to run.


    I hate to break it to you but there is no real marketing angle or advantage for Linux for the average user.

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