From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"RobertB"  wrote in message
news:missinglink-81931B.11062213042007{at}news.barkto.com...
> In article ,
> Rich Gauszka  wrote:
>
>> RobertB wrote:
>> > In article ,
>> >  "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
>> >
>> >> Don't submit to an upgrade - refuse to play legally
purchased disks?
>> >>
>> >> http://www.hardmac.com/news/2007-04-11/#6641
>> >>
>> >> Four months ago, we reported about a flaw identified in the digital
>> >> rights
>> >> management system (DRM) developed to protect video
contents on HD-DVD
>> >> and
>> >> Blu-ray.
>> >>
>> >> A DVD security group composed on different companies that developed
>> >> the
>> >> Advanced Access Content System, announced yesterday that
they found a
>> >> fix
>> >> to
>> >> the current flaw. The AACS LA reports to be working with
device makers
>> >> (Toshiba, Sony, etc.) to deactivate those publicly
released keys and
>> >> refresh
>> >> them with a new set.
>> >>
>> >> Unlike with the CSS for protecting the DVD, the AACS can be updated
>> >> when a
>> >> key is hacked or bypassed, so this protection can be
modified at will,
>> >> or
>> >> as
>> >> soon as a breach is identified.
>> >>
>> >> If for standalone HD video players it will be difficult
to routinely
>> >> update
>> >> the firmware, for HD-DVD or BD player drive found in computers, a
>> >> play-back
>> >> software is required and one can force users to upgrade
their drives
>> >> with
>> >> the last firmware, or via automatic software updates.
Corel corp. has
>> >> already announced that the new HD video DVDs will include
updated keys
>> >> and
>> >> instructions for older versions of the PC-playback software not to
>> >> play
>> >> discs until the software patch has been installed.
>> >
>> > Umm, what happens if you disconnect the cable?
>>
>> the newly purchased movie would check the key and not play.
>>
>> The Sony PSP handheld game did something similar. I purchased the
>> Ratchet and Clank game, put the UMD disk in the PSP and the game
>> wouldn't play until I did an OS update. People had been hacking the PSP
>> and Sony while providing some new web browsing features to justify the
>> update also made it harder to hack. Since the game didn't need any of
>> the web features my guess is that this was Sony's sneaky way to force an
>>   unnecessary ( for me ) update
>
> What do people do who don't have an Internet connection for their game
> box? Or a cable connection to the TV? You should just be able to play
> this with a TV used as a monitor.

The PSP is a handheld with built in wireless and one could just walk  on
over to the local coffee shop or bar and use their free internet connection
to do the upgrade if it wasn't included on the UMD disc. In most cases the
upgrade is included on the game disk though

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