Posted by Jeff Rife on 02/23/06 08:36

Goro (evilninjax@yahoo.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> excuse me if i'm dense, but isn't it the case that they would need to
> show that DISABLING HDCP allows unauthorized duplication?

It's pretty much the same thing. If they prove that disabling HDCP
allows unauthorized duplication, they also prove that not disabling
it prevents unauthorized duplication.

But, it might be enough for them to show that even though disabling HDCP
doesn't automatically allow unauthorized duplication, it might make it
more likely, thus HDCP would be thought to "prevent unauthorized
duplication".

So, the studios could win and not necessarily have anything definitive
stated about HDCP and its effectiveness.

If the studios *lose*, however, and fail to prove in any way that HDCP
prevents unauthorized duplication, then disabling HDCP is thus *not*
subject to DMCA rules about "disabling methods that effectively control
copying".

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