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<blockquote data-quote="knutinh" data-source="post: 111853" data-attributes="member: 14776">I didnt claim that it was cracked? The point is that the released titles was unlocked very easily - a weeks work according to the author for writing the decrypter and finding the keys in PC software. After that he did the same for BluRay in 24 hours without access to a unit!My point is that now these guys are eagerly waiting to do the next big feat. I imagine that it will be:1. Fetching the keys from a stand-alone player (those keys can never be revoced without serious law suits).2. Also, lets remember that the &quot;secure&quot; HDMI connection is a joke, anyone can buy a signal &quot;booster&quot; that just happens to output HDMI as HDCP-less DVI.And Microsoft, the well-known security company is releasing an OS that supposedly will keep users/hackers from doing nasty stuff. The company loved by every hacker, cracker and whats its called all over the world?The sad thing is that DVD is selling like hotcakes, even though it is leaking all over the net. People actually buy movies even though they could download them from the net. Compare this to the DVD-A/SACD situation. Both very secure products that consumers refuser to purchase, even with very limited pirated material available.Could it actually be that customers (especially the early-adopters like us) prefer simple, good-quality media that can be used everywhere without any big-brother stuff, and that the pleasure of owning the nice printed disk with a nice printed cover as well as supporting those content producers that we think well of is a better mechanism for getting our money than treating us like criminals? Looking at my considerable (expensive) stack of CDs and DVDs, I am tempted to say &quot;yes&quot;.-k</blockquote>

[QUOTE="knutinh, post: 111853, member: 14776"] I didnt claim that it was cracked? The point is that the released titles was unlocked very easily - a weeks work according to the author for writing the decrypter and finding the keys in PC software. After that he did the same for BluRay in 24 hours without access to a unit! My point is that now these guys are eagerly waiting to do the next big feat. I imagine that it will be: 1. Fetching the keys from a stand-alone player (those keys can never be revoced without serious law suits). 2. Also, lets remember that the "secure" HDMI connection is a joke, anyone can buy a signal "booster" that just happens to output HDMI as HDCP-less DVI. And Microsoft, the well-known security company is releasing an OS that supposedly will keep users/hackers from doing nasty stuff. The company loved by every hacker, cracker and whats its called all over the world? The sad thing is that DVD is selling like hotcakes, even though it is leaking all over the net. People actually buy movies even though they could download them from the net. Compare this to the DVD-A/SACD situation. Both very secure products that consumers refuser to purchase, even with very limited pirated material available. Could it actually be that customers (especially the early-adopters like us) prefer simple, good-quality media that can be used everywhere without any big-brother stuff, and that the pleasure of owning the nice printed disk with a nice printed cover as well as supporting those content producers that we think well of is a better mechanism for getting our money than treating us like criminals? Looking at my considerable (expensive) stack of CDs and DVDs, I am tempted to say "yes". -k [/QUOTE]

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