What's interesting to me is how the landscape has changed since the early days of non-broadcast HD consumer content, and what this crack might mean for the futu

What's interesting to me is how the landscape has changed since the early days of non-broadcast HD consumer content, and what this crack might mean for the future of it. In 2006, if you wanted to see a movie at home in HD, you bought a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player and picked up the movie on disc. If you wanted to attempt to copy it, the disc was clearly the most attractive vector; the pipe would be inefficient. In 2011, however, if you want to see a movie at home in HD, you have several choices, only one of which involves a disc. Netflix, Vudu, Hulu, iTunes, CinemaNow, and others all offer HD content without a physical media vector – if you want to attempt a copy, suddenly your only vector is the pipe.