Clearly true, as stripping HDCP, while useful for interoperability with noncompliant devices, is an obviously fussy and inefficient way to store or distribute v

Clearly true, as stripping HDCP, while useful for interoperability with noncompliant devices, is an obviously fussy and inefficient way to store or distribute video supplied in a compressed format with cracked DRM (e.g., Blu-ray, iTunes). Well, that and inertia, HDMI being the digital evolution of the old "analog hole".