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1. Blu-ray Disc ripper for BD-Live titles released

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... that is unique to each movie. Users contributing to the Doom9 forum regularly publish those keys. What makes the 1.4 release unique is the fact that copies the “AACS” folder, which the author claims ...

2. Slysoft hacks Blu-ray's latest copy protection

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... fearful of movie pirating.  Previously, high-def discs relied on a platform called AACS.  However, that standard was quickly hacked and was actually deceptively easy for even amateur hackers ...

3. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ...  Article Source 2005 Feb 23 HD DVD inclusion of AACS approved DVD Forum   Mar 10 Apple ...

4. Consumers beginning to drive the HD market

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... which will never come down, such as Sony’s AACS encryption. You have to pay Sony the flat fee regardless.” He added that DVD sales in the adult film industry are down about 30% year-over-year, ...

5. New AACS key is found

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   The hackers over at the Doom 9 forums have once again conquered AACS by discovering the updated decryption key used on new HD DVD and Blu Ray discs. Hollywood (CA) - The hackers over at the Doom 9 forums ...

6. AMD officially announces ATI HD 2000 graphics line

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... desktop models, AMD is including a handy dongle that lets you output your DVI signal to HDMI.  The cards also adhere to HDCP and AACS copy protection. And like in the commercials, “That’s ...

7. AACS vows war over leaked HD DVD key

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... licensing group says the leaking of the HD DVD processing key goes beyond free speech.  Michael Ayers, chair of the AACS Licensing Authority (AACS LA), told the BBC that his group respects free speech, ...

8. Cyber-riot hits Digg

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... will wonder why a certain number in 2007 was so popular.  Lawyers and even the administrators of Digg.com, a popular news aggregator, tried to stop the spread of the AACS processing key, but in so ...

9. Cease and desist letters backfire horribly against MPAA/AACS

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Lawyers for a high-definition video licensing authority have opened up a Pandora’s box of Internet fury after serving several websites with cease and desist letters in an attempt to block the spread ...

10. UPDATE: AACS develops Blu-ray, HD DVD security patch for WinDVD

    (Security/Security Features)

    The AACS LA has issued a security update for HD DVD and Blu-ray playback software, trying to cut back on the copyright infringement that has resulted from recent hacking incidents into the new high definition ...

11. AnyDVD HD now copies Blu-ray discs, too

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... version of AnyDVD HD provides fewer features than what is offered for HD DVD, but is powerful enough to raise additional concerns in Hollywood. The software removes encryption (AACS) from Blu-ray discs, ...

12. First DVDs with HD capability produced

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... of AACS (Advanced Access Content System) copy protection. ...

13. SlySoft invites beta testers for upcoming HD-DVD ripper

    (Software/Software Features)

    SlySoft, a company known for its CD/DVD ripping software, is inviting the public to test drive its HD-DVD ripping program. Antigua (West Indies) - SlySoft, a company known for its CD/DVD ripping software, ...

14. AACS LA to go after HD hackers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Following a wave of claims that the AACS content protection system in Blu-ray and HD DVD high definition media has been cracked, the organization behind the technology said that it will use "both ...

15. HD DVD encryption cracked?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... is a tool to decrypt a AACS protected movie that you own, so you can play it back later using an HDDVD player software. This is the first version, and it's not very stable yet." He has posted bits and ...

16. Sony launches Playstation 3 in the U.S.

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... allocation cut. Playstation boss Ken Kutaragi also said that the Blu-ray version of the content protection system AACS (Advanced Access Content System) was finalized much later than originally expected. ...

17. Nvidia releases WHQL HD driver, ATI first to offer Vista RTM driver

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of the driver isn't nearly enough to actually playback HD DVDs and Blu-ray movies on a computer. Besides the fact that a Blu-ray drive with AACS support or a HD DVD drive is required, users will also need ...

18. Universal Pictures: "DRMs do not stop piracy"

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... entertainment. HDTV, HD video, HDMI, HDCP, Blu-ray, progressive and interlaced resolution, HD DVD, AACS are just part of the current flood of keywords and abbreviations that describe a transition from ...

19. Graphics power is key to playing HD videos on a PC

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... GeForce 7600GT graphics card with HDCP to complete the infrastructure required to decode and display AACS-protected Blu-ray and HD DVD movies. On the software side, Vouri used Cyberlink's new PowerDVD ...

20. Quo vadis, Viiv?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... and Blu-ray use similar technologies. Both use the next-generation content protection system AACS. We are very firm advocates to say 'I want to copy my discs legally and I do not the DMCA to be used against ...

21. "Print" key derails copy protection in first-gen HD software

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... c't, users can take screenshots of content protected by Advanced Access Content System (AACS) and a High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) chip by simply pressing the "Print Screen" key on the ...

22. Sony Pictures to make first Blu-ray movies available today

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... the heavy hitter in the Blu-ray camp. Gone, but not quite forgotten, amid all this discussion is AACS copy protection. A final specification for how BD and HD DVD players will connect to the Internet, ...

23. Blu-ray Disc players delayed again, perhaps until August

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... (MMC) feature of AACS copy protection may still be proceeding slowly, but even the lack of progress there has failed to impede the first wave of HD DVD players from making their way to retail inventory. ...

24. Sony ships Blu-ray discs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... to backup for now: Only when the specification for AACS copy protection is completed and implemented - probably late this year - Blu-ray customers will be able to make licensed recordings of video content. ...

25. Blockbuster holds off on high-def, in-store rentals

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... model," he said. If Hargrove's theory holds out, it could actually spell bad news for both high-def disc formats. One of the hallmarks of the AACS copy protection model, being adopted by both HD DVD and ...

26. TDK now shipping 25 GB Blu-ray recordable media

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... movie at 1080p (progressive) resolution. Once the complete specification for AACS copy protection is completed, and once the system for maintaining Internet connections with Blu-ray players has been launched ...

27. First Toshiba HD DVD players for sale in Japan

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... Toshiba states its players will support, but whose completion remains mired in confusion, is AACS copy protection. Toshiba's specifications mention AACS support in two places, although as TG Daily has ...

28. Universal makes U-turn, will not use ICT in first-gen HD DVD

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... is a portion of Advanced Access Copy System (AACS) copy protection that would automatically reduce the quality of the image produced by a high-definition video disc player to 540 lines of vertical resolution, ...

29. GDC 2006: Playstation 3 without HDMI

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Last week, Sony announced to launch its Playstation 3 in November and blamed the delay on technical problems such as the ongoing work to finalize Blu-ray's copy protection technology AACS. At GDC we got ...

30. Next-gen HDTVs may hide first-gen HD DVD limits, says Microsoft

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... says AACS spokesperson Richard Doherty, a Microsoft employee. So you shouldn't see a difference...provided, from a CE retailer's perspective, you bet the farm. Redmond (WA) - As Toshiba continues its ...

31. High-def discs will never require dedicated Internet connection, says AACS rep

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    According to Microsoft's key representative with the licensing body responsible for AACS copy protection, high-definition disc players will never require an exclusive, wired connection to the Internet. ...

32. Toshiba may delay HD DVD players rollout to coincide with movie releases

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... January. The cause for the delay of HD DVD movies, as we've reported here, appears to concern how studios intend to implement key features of Advanced Access Copy System (AACS) copy protection. Although ...

33. Playstation 3 delay could derail high definition agenda

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Internet service is not only a feature of PS3 gaming, but of its AACS copy protection as well. If PS3 adheres to current AACS rules, then it must connect to the Internet separately from any other computer ...

34. LG's "ultra-multi" player could launch wave of HD DVD / Blu-ray hybrid components

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... with Sony's implementation of AACS copy protection for Blu-ray have been cited as the cause for the delay; and sources which manufacture components for Sony have indicated they would otherwise be ready ...

35. Sony to launch PS3 in November, blames Blu-ray for delay

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... is caused by a delay of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) - the copy protection technology of the Blu-ray media format. The AACS spec originally was believed to be finalized by August 2005; now, ...

36. Both high-def disc formats debate tech issues as HD DVD faces new delays

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Today, a representative of Warner Home Video told the Hollywood Reporter that HD DVD titles may be delayed for several weeks, prompting the removal of those titles from retailers' catalogs. Did the AACS ...

37. Dueling DRM frameworks prolong high-def confusion

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Two key milestones in the settlement of digital rights management issues regarding next-generation high-definition content, took place this week: an interim agreement on the final AACS specification, ...

38. PlayStation 3 may face delays due to production costs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... The spokesperson apparently indicated to DigiTimes that Sony was not pleased with the pace of progress reportedly being made by the developers of Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the sophisticated ...

39. Toshiba to launch HD DVD players in March, even without some features

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... some of the standards critical to HD DVD, including AACS copy protection and HDMI connectivity, to be completed first. Wayne (NJ) - Confirming news that TG Daily had learned from CES in January, Toshiba's ...

40. CES 2006: First-generation Blu-ray disc players may not be full-featured

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... scheme, AACS. The streaming service may serve as incentive for consumers to connect to the Internet in the first place, to allow their media consumption habits to be "managed." Presumably, the streaming ...

41. Progress in negotiations for final AACS copy protection specification for HD discs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    The world's major movie studios, content providers, and component manufacturers may have actually reached a limited agreement on how AACS - the copy protection scheme to be used by the next generation ...

42. Toshiba delays HD DVD launch

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... rival Blu-ray system. The delay stems from issues with the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) digital rights management software being used on the discs. Read the complete story here. (vnunet)  ...

43. HP wins one, loses one in petitions to Blu-ray; will it now join HD DVD?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... The spokesperson said Warner supported MMC the way they understood it to be, which is that the mandate in question guarantees the studios' capability to decide which discs cannot be copied. In the AACS ...

44. iHD less expensive than Blu-ray alternative, thanks to Vista, says HP

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... members, including 20th Century-Fox and, as of last week, Warner Bros., are on record as opposing such guarantees in Blu-ray's AACS Internet-based copy protection system, saying studios should have the ...

45. New Blu-ray member Warner Bros. would support iHD layer, oppose mandatory managed copy

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... either in addition to or in place of the currently supported BD-Java. However, he reaffirmed his company's stand in favor of studio-directed management of the AACS managed copy provision. The system Warner ...

46. HP to Blu-ray: Take us seriously, or we'll join HD DVD

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... System (AACS), the principal Internet-oriented copy protection system which both Blu-ray and HD DVD claim to support. "AACS is what gives both formats the ability to offer 'Managed Copies,'" states Lanier's ...

47. HP requests feature additions to Blu-ray disc technology

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... position as being staunchly supportive of managed copy, but without the mandatory option. ""The way studios author the disc, they have to enable managed copy,"" he told us. AACS, which is one copy protection ...

48. Gateway monitor marks premiere of display-based HD protection scheme

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... DVD, AACS will be the apparent copy protection method. But HDCP is a kind of copy protection scheme, but using network terminology, it "resides at the transport level." In other words, it protects the ...

49. Does Trusted Computing provide security for users or from them?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... we'd find these AACS-type measures inside our computers and our set-top boxes. If we were more democratic than capitalist, we would have the right to be able to unplug those things, or not to let those ...

50. Blu-ray / HD DVD battle plays out in real-time at Japan trade show

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... told us that Blu-ray had clearly supported managed copy from the beginning, but later added that copy protection systems such as AACS and BD+ would give content providers and studios the final word over ...