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I have question: If DVD encryption was broken several years ago, why is it still used?
by qwerta 13y ago
I have question: If DVD encryption was broken several years ago, why is it still used?
- NKCSS 13y agoBecause then you'd have new dvd's that don't work on most dvd players... consumers would get mad... and DVD is kindda getting obsolete now that there's bluray.
- aw3c2 13y agoI think he meant dropping the encryption all together. Would players not be able to play non-encrypted discs?
- Zak 13y agoDVD encryption combined with anticircumvention laws mean DVD players that can skip no-skip content or play out-of-region DVDs aren't sold to mainstream consumers. Without anticircumvention laws, there would be no incentive to use encryption. Such laws have nothing to do with piracy; they're about maximizing revenue from paying customers.
- throwaway2048 13y agobecause it allows control of hardware vendors via anticircumvention laws.