Posted by Tricky Dicky on 05/09/45 11:40

"Damon" <google@dshawcross.co.uk> wrote in message
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/20/samsung_sued/
>
> Samsung Electronics is facing legal action from the big five US movie
> studios which claims one of its DVD players can be used to avoid
> encryption technology.
>
> According to reports, Samsung is being sued by 20th Century Fox,
> Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, Walt Disney, and Universal.
>
> The Korean Times said Samsung had not yet received the complaint. But
> the spokesman, "guessed that the film makers take issue with DVD-HD841,
> which Samsung sold in the United States between June and October 2004.
>
> "If so, I do not know why the movie studios are complaining about the
> products, of which production was brought to an end more than 15 months
> ago. We stopped manufacturing the model after concerns erupted that its
> copy-protection features can be circumvented by sophisticated users."


So the HDCP can be switched off by remote hack?

Tricky

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