Comments on: Content Protection On An Open Platform, Why? http://thomashawk.com/2005/07/content-protection-on-open-platform.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tony Chow http://thomashawk.com/2005/07/content-protection-on-open-platform.html/comment-page-1#comment-19538 Tony Chow Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=3487#comment-19538 Thomas,<br /><br />HDMI and HDCP-enabled DVI are designed to prevent exactly the kind of video capturing you describe. It will not be possible in the future to capture HDTV content except in analog form (in other words, in degraded resolution). The new generation of DRM technologies destined for the upcoming HD content, such as AACS, are very, very sophisticated, and will not likely be broken for years. Anyone caught trying will be <br /><br />Microsoft is doing this out of necessity. They have to go along with Hollywood's demands to get the HD content played on PCs. Thomas,

HDMI and HDCP-enabled DVI are designed to prevent exactly the kind of video capturing you describe. It will not be possible in the future to capture HDTV content except in analog form (in other words, in degraded resolution). The new generation of DRM technologies destined for the upcoming HD content, such as AACS, are very, very sophisticated, and will not likely be broken for years. Anyone caught trying will be

Microsoft is doing this out of necessity. They have to go along with Hollywood’s demands to get the HD content played on PCs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2005/07/content-protection-on-open-platform.html/comment-page-1#comment-19539 Anonymous Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=3487#comment-19539 Your pictures are beyond amazing. Your pictures are beyond amazing.

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