Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM, sell pirated HD discs
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:51 am
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... erned.html
Well, that took a really long time for Blu-ray to be crackedThe pirates are apparently ripping high-def movies (cracking Blu-ray's AACS and BD+ encryption in the process) and re-encoding them using AVCHD, which offers a 720p picture. Because of the reduction in resolution, file sizes are smaller and can be burned to regular DVDs instead of the more costly Blu-ray discs, netting a tidy profit. Needless to say, the film industry isn't thrilled by the news. "We are concerned and are assigning priority to this issue," the MPA's Asia-Pacific managing director Mike Ellis told the Wall Street Journal.
