![]() ![]() "Our recommendation is for anyone using HD DVD or Blu-ray disc playback to download the update in order to ensure that both their existing titles and newly purchased titles will continue to play," Hughes said. So why don't these guys focus on enabling those functionalities instead of trying to thwart the minority that are trying to hack content?"Īmong WinDVD users, there's been some confusion over whether the update will affect only discs that are manufactured after the new keys have been distributed. ![]() "Let's be honest," Martin said, "next-generation DVDs offered the promise of managed copy, which was the ability to rip your DVD and put it on your PC and stream it around your house and all this other stuff.None of that has come to fruition. "It takes too long for them to download, store and manage." He knows that they have to protect their content, he said, but notes that there is a security measure inherent in high-definition video files that would discourage most consumers from pirating them: their size. Martin argues that content, hardware and software makers abandon DRM. Martin said that such attempts to thwart hackers are futile and end up alienating the majority of users, who aren't trying to cheat the system. Regardless, by automating all future updates our goal is to ensure that consumers continue to enjoy all of the latest benefits offered through (high-definition) playback without unnecessary disruptions." "Our hope is that we won't have to deal with issues like this in the future. "We have tremendous confidence in the AACS system and our products' upgraded security," Catherine Hughes, a Corel spokeswoman, said in an e-mail. ![]() This means customers will have to download the new software-a requirement that may frustrate some, Martin said. Corel is developing an automated system to perform security updates, but testing is incomplete, the company said in an e-mail. ![]()
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