Audio Video News

Recently we reported that Blu-ray has been hacked. Well, now it's been unhacked, though the victory was short-lived.

ArsTechnica reports that the studios updated BD+, Blu-ray's secondary layer of protection on the film Jumper. For a week, it was secure, until a new release of a cracking/copying application adjusted for the updated security software.

"The fact that BD+ can be resecured, even temporarily, raises a host of questions regarding the future of content distribution," says ArsTechnica. "It's generally understood that the point of DRM is to make content theft difficult, rather than permanently impossible, and a DRM scheme that is periodically updated is a more difficult target for companies like Slysoft to hit. Using a dynamic system changes the economics of the battle for both sides. Big studios must plan for, and budget for, the cost of the updates, while Slysoft has to shoulder the time and effort required to break each new version. The need for such updates could also necessitate a review of the company's release schedule and software support."