Comments for Could Copy Protection be Doomed?

Comment from John Ellerington on 2007-05-14

2007-05-14T09:38:57Z

Copy protection is a waste of time and effort. At some point, all digital media has to be converted to an analogue form in order to view / listen to it, and at that point it can be re-recorded; OK, so there is some loss of quality, but I guess most people who are prepared to buy pirated media will accept that as a trade off against the low price they pay. The media companies need to cut their prices drastically so that piracy ceases to be economically viable - it's as simple as that.

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Comment from anonymous on 2007-05-11

2007-05-11T18:32:12Z

I think that everything will be how it always has. Copy protection devices and security measures will fail as hackers and reverse engineers will always be able to figure it out. That's just the way it is. No software, no DVD, CD, or any media that you are trying to protect would be safe. This has gone on for YEARS and will also go on. Its a battle where no one can win. There will always be people trying to come up with a copy protection that CANT be broken, and there will always be people who HAVE/CAN break it. Thats what I think about this subject.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-05-07

2007-05-07T18:02:58Z

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It's unclear, but recall that I said the mechanism was extremely complex. :-) I
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pull that off, I'm not sure.
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Comment from Ken on 2007-05-07

2007-05-07T15:15:21Z

So, the key has been changed. What does that mean to everyone who already owns an HD-DVD player? Does it mean they can only play "old" HD-DVD movies, or that they'll need to be brought in to get (and pay for?) an "upgrade" to the new key? (Actually, they'll need both keys. And then all three keys once the second is broken. And then all four. And so on.)

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Comment from dave b on 2007-05-05

2007-05-06T03:46:27Z

Reminds me of the old floppy days when the manufacturers would use a laser to permanently damage the disk as a "signature." The software would look for this "signature" when starting - if the damaged area was missing (i.e., the software had been copied to an error free disk) the software would not run. It took no time for programs like CopyWrite to be created to circumvent these schemes. Some companies required that "master" floppies be locked up - so they used CopyWrite to create back-up floppies that would run on the user's machine. Cost, circumvention, and user outrage eventually eliminated the laser burned floppies from existence.

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