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Also I'm pretty sure the hdcp private keys have been factored, so anyone can now make unauthorized but compatible devices.

krferriter 8y ago
All DRM solutions eventually fail. It's an endless race. Companies pour millions and millions into media DRM, and yet all of the content is cracked and uploaded on pirate sites, without fail. They don't seem to understand how much of a waste their efforts are, and the government doesn't seem to realize how pointless, and stifling of innovation and competition laws like DMCA are.
- rjf72 8y ago
  I imagine their argument looks something like: We earn billions of dollars a year and want to earn more. We see people are downloading our stuff without paying us. This technology/company/etc promises to make copyright infringement more difficult and it'd only cost us $y million. If we see even a 0.01% increase in sales, it'll pay for itself in x years. Do it! And government is even more straight forward. Media companies/individuals donate lots of money to campaigns, and there's a typical unspoken quid quo pro. They donate getting politicians into office and hire some lobbyists who know how to get those politicians what they want. In turn, those politicians then pass the media company's legislation. Like much of what the government does, the motivation is not a holistic effort to create a better country but an individual effort to get elected or reelected. Hahah, come to think of it - it emphasizes that governments and capitalism suffer from the exact same problem. Capitalism works great when people put out good products and look to get rewarded for doing so. And similarly governments work great when politicians do good stuff and look to get rewarded for it. Things only get really messed up when companies start with the goal of making money instead of making a good product. And similarly, politics gets messed up when politicians start with the goal of getting [re]elected instead of creating good legislation. Because in both cases what makes the most money is not necessarily the best product, and what gets you reelected is not necessarily the most beneficial legislation.
  - verall 8y ago
    it's really a pitch that starts with the hardware companies and the media companies buy into it because more DRM has no downside for them. You better believe some "HDCP-certified 2.0" badge or whatever is on every hdtv and gpu you find at best buy. I wonder if the engineers on hdcp 1.0 knew how fast it would get cracked, but they knew that would just let them sell another round of hardware for the 2nd version.
phire 8y ago
Pretty sure the latest version of HRCP (required for 4k Netflix) replaces the factored keys and the entire key scheme.

krferriter 8y ago

All DRM solutions eventually fail. It's an endless race. Companies pour millions and millions into media DRM, and yet all of the content is cracked and uploaded on pirate sites, without fail. They don't seem to understand how much of a waste their efforts are, and the government doesn't seem to realize how pointless, and stifling of innovation and competition laws like DMCA are.

rjf72 8y ago
I imagine their argument looks something like: We earn billions of dollars a year and want to earn more. We see people are downloading our stuff without paying us. This technology/company/etc promises to make copyright infringement more difficult and it'd only cost us $y million. If we see even a 0.01% increase in sales, it'll pay for itself in x years. Do it! And government is even more straight forward. Media companies/individuals donate lots of money to campaigns, and there's a typical unspoken quid quo pro. They donate getting politicians into office and hire some lobbyists who know how to get those politicians what they want. In turn, those politicians then pass the media company's legislation. Like much of what the government does, the motivation is not a holistic effort to create a better country but an individual effort to get elected or reelected. Hahah, come to think of it - it emphasizes that governments and capitalism suffer from the exact same problem. Capitalism works great when people put out good products and look to get rewarded for doing so. And similarly governments work great when politicians do good stuff and look to get rewarded for it. Things only get really messed up when companies start with the goal of making money instead of making a good product. And similarly, politics gets messed up when politicians start with the goal of getting [re]elected instead of creating good legislation. Because in both cases what makes the most money is not necessarily the best product, and what gets you reelected is not necessarily the most beneficial legislation.
- verall 8y ago
  it's really a pitch that starts with the hardware companies and the media companies buy into it because more DRM has no downside for them. You better believe some "HDCP-certified 2.0" badge or whatever is on every hdtv and gpu you find at best buy. I wonder if the engineers on hdcp 1.0 knew how fast it would get cracked, but they knew that would just let them sell another round of hardware for the 2nd version.

phire 8y ago

Pretty sure the latest version of HRCP (required for 4k Netflix) replaces the factored keys and the entire key scheme.