BD+ Resealed Once Again 460
IamTheRealMike writes "It's been a few months since we last checked in on how the Blu-Ray group was doing in their fight against piracy. In December 2008, a new generation of BD+ programs had stopped both SlySoft AnyDVD HD and the open source effort at Doom9. At the start of January, SlySoft released an update that could handle the new BD+ programs, meaning that Blu-Ray discs could not be decrypted for a period of time about the same length as SlySoft's worst case scenario. The BD+ retaliation was swift, but largely ineffective, consisting of a unique program for every Blu-Ray master. Users had to upload log files to SlySoft for every new movie/region. They would then support that unique variant in their next update, usually released a few days later. Despite that, the open source effort never did manage to progress beyond the Winter 2008 programs and is currently stalled completely; SlySoft is the only group remaining. This situation remained for several months, but starting around the same time as Paramount joined Fox in licensing BD+, a new set of programs came out which have once again made Blu-Ray discs unrippable. There are currently 19 movies that cannot be decrypted. It appears neither side is able to decisively gain the upper hand, but one thing seems clear — only full-time, for-profit professionals are able to consistently beat BD+."
maybe (Score:5, Funny)
only full-time, for-profit professionals are able to consistently beat BD+
Maybe open source developers have better things to do than to do legally questionable things in order to circumvent copy protection on an overpriced, obsolete distribution format?
Re:maybe (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I win against blue ray every day (Score:2, Funny)
Vote with your feet.
I call bullshit. Only Chuck Norris could possibly pay for goods with roundhouse kicks.
Re:maybe (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe open source developers have better things to do
Like fixing Pulseaudio?
Ooh, I said it. And I'm fairly pro-Linux around here, too. Ouch.
Silly BLU-Ray and your silly child's disks (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The summary is missing something... (Score:4, Funny)
"... the 1952 version of the Day the Earth Stood Still ... I have no intention of watching."
Fuck you.
Re:The summary is missing something... (Score:5, Funny)
*Whip cracking noise*
Re:The summary is missing something... (Score:4, Funny)
Gort? Is that you?
Re:I win against blue ray every day (Score:3, Funny)
They invented Blu-Ray to fully monetize the high-def video market, which includes all those things in the first sentence.
That is funny. I thought you needed customers to fully monetize something.
Oh, heavens no. That's so 1970s of you. As is trying to be proved every day nowadays, what you need are defendants, not customers. Far more lucrative.
I mean, it has to work, else these fancy MBA-toting executives wouldn't keep doing it, right?
Re:give it some time... (Score:3, Funny)