News: AACS Remains Confident in Protecting HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc

Category: Music / Video Players, Copyright Infringers, General News
Posted: June 1, 2007 09:50AM
Author: jammin

DailyTech - Efforts that began in December 2006 and continued through February 2007 lead to the discovery of the Processing Key used to encrypt high-definition media with the Advanced Access Content System. The work of a small hacking community created essentially a silver bullet that was able to defeat the copy protection of all HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc media on the market at that time. The Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administration (AACS LA) acknowledged the effectiveness of the hack and began to enact measures to restore the integrity of its technology.

You can discuss this topic further HERE in the OCC Forums - jammin *News Editor*

• Email Link
• Print News

This news has comment postings disabled because it is now archived.