

AACS loses the keys to its house, quickly changes locks










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RE: Analogy
By Screwballl on 6/1/2007 10:52:51 AM , Rating: 4
A bit better analogy to that should have been:

If you hide your house key under a rock and someone watches you move the rock, use the key then put it back... is it the lock manufacturers problem?
The problem actually lies with the people watching... so it doesn't matter if you put your key under a different rock or in the crevice above the back door, if someone is watching they will get the key regardless of its location or lock type. Some keys are just harder to come by.

RE: Analogy
By Screwballl on 6/1/2007 11:03:02 AM , Rating: 3
and another bit of info...

Locks keep honest people honest
dishonest people will always find a way to the other side to get what they want whether its through the lock or through a window

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RE: Analogy
By MonkeyPaw on 6/1/2007 3:05:48 PM , Rating: 3
Locks keep honest people honest

By this logic, I suppose you can throw me into your "honest" category, as I've never broken into someone's personal property (home, car, or otherwise). The problem is, I don't go around checking to see if people are locking their doors, or even wondering if their doors are locked for that matter. There are people out there that don't think about stealing, at least in the case of breaking and entering. That's why there are entire towns where people don't ever lock their doors.

I think the comparison of AACS to home locks is a little flawed anyway. Finding a key to a home isn't really a prize. You don't steal a home (what they key protects), you steal what's in it. Besides, just getting into a house doesn't mean you're in the clear. Someone could be home, there could be a dog, they could have a security system, someone could see you. There are still other barriers.

A better comparison might be like finding a set of car keys. The key protects the car from unauthorized use. Once you have the key to the car, you can get in it, start it up, and drive it away like it's yours. It's not yours, but you have full access to its features until you get caught. To go a step further in this analogy, consider that there are auto makers that allow you to replace your lost keys based off a simple code, but it's specific to your vehicle only. AACS would be like General Motors having a key code hidden in every GM VIN that will tell you how to make a key that starts any GM car ever made. Once you figure out that code, you can produce the key and steal any GM car you like.

RE: Analogy
By feelingshorter on 6/2/2007 12:54:45 AM , Rating: 2
I don't think your analogy is as good as the one posted by Fallen Kell. Its not people "watching" where you put your key. If you allow access to your content, they can crack/hack it.

Either you:
1. allow no access, such as sealing a door shut (in which its no longer called a door, just a wall).


2. Let people access it. (regardless of the method)

The movie studios are just tending their symptoms, and not fixing the root of their disease.

Partial access will always be crackable. Even if you let people watch it in theaters, someone will find a way to sneak a video camcorder in there to record it, and again, it will end up on torrent websites. Pirates get it for free, so the quality isn't good but they cannot complain about free.

All the movie studios should just come together, and partner up with ISPs. Eg:

1. All movie studios team up to create one dl service.
2. They partner up with ISPs, to offer it for an added $25/month.
3. Movie studios can then offer downloads, while ISPs can offer speed increases, to supplement the bittorrent distribution. That way, no one feels like they are using the bandwidth they paid for to download stuff they they also paid for.

I'm just dreaming here guys.

RE: Analogy
By BikeDude on 6/3/2007 5:14:28 AM , Rating: 1
But the DVDs won't change and DVDs are bound to survive for at least another decade. If pirates don't complain about movie theater quality, they will surely be satisfied with DVD quality.

The question at hand however, is what to do with HD quality? HD is pretty much all the quality we will need for quite a while (famous last words?), so once a consumer buys a HD-DVD or BRay disc, that consumer will not need a "new and improved" format for a long time, assuming the disc doesn't break... (which leads to the next question: how can the consumer make backups of his collection, in case the disc DO break?)

Personally, I prefer HD content, but I want the freedom to play the content on my computer (where I play all my DVDs today, I have a 30" Apple LCD). I'd also like the freedom to purchase discs the next time I visit the US or Thailand for that matter. And when I get kids, I'd like to take backups of certain discs... In addition, I do not enjoyed all the studio logos, promotional clips and anti-piracy ads that sometimes appear on various DVDs. I want to be able to skip directly to the movie itself.

The studios aren't only trying to stop piracy, they are also trying to decide where we buy discs and force us to watch various promotions before they let us access the main feature. IMO the consumer gets a *better* product by resorting to piracy. I could let myself be convinced that copy protection is a necessary evil, but then the industry has to play absolutely fair. Currently they cheat and steal our time.

Sadly, the game industry is also affected. I bought Flight Simulator X and don't need to keep the disc in the drive. The game immediately shows me the main menu, and I'm flying within a short time. Life was good, and I was a very happy camper. Then I bought "Rainbow Six: Vegas" and until I found an unofficial patch, I was forced to watch the silly studio logos for over a minute before I could get to the action. Not to mention that the copy protection only supports one of my DVD drives. :( The box did not say anything about forced menus and I would've returned it to the store, except I bought it while travelling and threw away the receipt somewhere.

May the studio execs burn in hell. I'll be happy to supply the gasoline.


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