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Posted by Allan on 09/29/05 13:32
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:54:36 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
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>> However, another possible reason for the delayed launch could be that
>> the HD-DVD group took longer than expected to finalize content
>> protection schedules, said Mr. Martin. The AACS, or Advanced Access
>> Content System, provides copy protection to next-generation DVDs to
>> prevent piracy. Both formats will carry this system.
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>See? They both will need a network.
For some reason you associate AACS and needing network/server to work.
Can not seem to find evidence of that on the AACS web site.
http://www.aacsla.com/what/how_it_works.htm
How AACS Works.
For content providers, content aggregators, and device manufacturers,
Advanced Access Content System will present opportunities for new
distribution and business models, while improving functionality and
interactivity for the consumer. For example, in addition to
prerecorded optical disc support, Advanced Access Content System is
being designed to support the ability to make recordings of content,
as authorized. Additionally, the technology will support expanded
flexibility in accessing, managing and, through interoperability,
transferring content within a standalone or networked environment.
Using advanced, proven cryptographic methods, AACS is flexible enough
to interoperate with content protection technologies to enable
consumers, to the extent authorized, to save licensed, protected
copies of prerecorded movie titles onto home media server hard drives
or authorized media while preventing unauthorized reproduction and
distribution of next-generation optical media.
And not a single company has come out and said that it is the case
with the next generation DVD's.
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
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