Intel Threatens DMCA Using HDCP Crack

mikesd81 writes "Intel is apparently threatening to use the DMCA against anyone using the HDCP crack under the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause. 'There are laws to protect both the intellectual property involved as well as the content that is created and owned by the content providers,' said Tom Waldrop, a spokesman for the company, which developed HDCP. 'Should a circumvention device be created using this information, we and others would avail ourselves, as appropriate, of those remedies.'"

Re:That is the modus operandi

[The MAZZTer]

This post is protected by ROT13+ROT13 encryption and the DMCA!

Well done Intel

[Apatharch]

You've found a foolproof way to protect your obsolescent DRM. After all, it worked so well for DVD/CSS.

Re:Barn Doors

[Thanshin]

Unless you can shoot the horse down, hang the horse thief and buy another horse.

The problem comes when you forget about all that happened and put the new horse in a new barn, which is open.

Re:I don't see how

[TheRaven64]

See how DRM drives up prices for consumers? Strippers without HDCP cost much less than $400.

Re:That is the modus operandi

[Thanshin]

they want people to hack them, so they have a legally binding way to go after them.

...and drink their blood!

What! My theory is as sound as yours.

And much better for a movie.

Re:Barn Doors

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

Or just assume you can keep using the same horse.

Speaking of horses, this analogy is starting to seem like beating a dead one. Let it go...

Re:Barn Doors

[thijsh]

If they are from management they probably figured that out already [gospelweb.net]...

Re:Barn Doors

[Thanshin]

But that horse is dead.

It's passed on. That horse is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. That is a late horse. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the barn, it would be pushing up the daisies.

Re:Oh Yea?

[ConceptJunkie]

...be sure not to buy any blu-ray player, game console or TV with an HDMI connector.

Sarcasm detectors, on the other hand, are not covered by this.

Re:Barn Doors

[JamesTRexx]

So, what are you saying? The horse is no more?

Re:So how long before HDCP is replaced?

[airfoobar]

The village people?

Re:Barn Doors

[Maxo-Texas]

Actually, it's not quite dead yet.

In fact, I think it's feeling better.

Re:That is the modus operandi

[biryokumaru]

I keep trying to XOR my post with a random 1 bit cipher, but half the time it just doesn't seem to do anything!

...shut up man...

[GameboyRMH]

The first rule of libdvdcss2 is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT LIBDVDCSS2!