From: "Geo." 

What do they do, include the update on all new DVD's? If so aren't they
just handing the keys out to the hackers who cracked it the first time?

Geo.

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:461d1f31$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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.
>

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