Corel updates WinDVD to stop AACS hackers

Iria · Apr 8, 2007, 01:53 AM

Source: Ars Technica
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Corel Software, who purchased InterVideo last August, have announced that they have issued a mandatory update for all WinDVD owners who wish to continue to use the software to view Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.

The update is being issued to address the recent cracks that have extracted volume and title keys from AACS-protected Blu-ray and HD DVD titles. "Our decision stems from recent reports that hackers have illegally obtained certain software licensing keys and have used them to duplicate copyrighted content without prior authorization," a Corel spokesperson explained in a press release. "Corel takes this situation very seriously. We have been working closely with our partners and other industry organizations to ensure we take the steps necessary to prevent copyright infringement from happening in the future."

Arklon · Apr 8, 2007, 02:07 AM

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Zeph · Apr 9, 2007, 01:10 AM

They'll get around it in a week. They've probably allready gotten a way, they just haven't published it yet so they cant patch it all at once.

BlueMak · Apr 9, 2007, 04:07 AM

I don't understand. How can the update be mandatory? Just don't update it and you will still be able to play the discs. Right?

Zeph · Apr 9, 2007, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

I don't understand. How can the update be mandatory? Just don't update it and you will still be able to play the discs. Right?

you'd have to keep a firewall holding it back fromg getting on the internet. if it connects, it can become unusable.

BlueMak · Apr 9, 2007, 01:46 PM

Oh, I wouldn't let it access the internet in the first place anyway.

Luckily I use another player.

Apr 8, 2007, 01:53 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Corel updates WinDVD to stop AACS hackers Source: Ars Technica ________ Corel Software, who purchased InterVideo last August, have announced that they have issued a mandatory update for all WinDVD owners who wish to continue to use the software to view Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. The update is being issued to address the recent cracks that have extracted volume and title keys from AACS-protected Blu-ray and HD DVD titles. "Our decision stems from recent reports that hackers have illegally obtained certain software licensing keys and have used them to duplicate copyrighted content without prior authorization," a Corel spokesperson explained in a press release. "Corel takes this situation very seriously. We have been working closely with our partners and other industry organizations to ensure we take the steps necessary to prevent copyright infringement from happening in the future."

Apr 9, 2007, 01:10 AM	#3
Zeph DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 190 Rep Power: 0	They'll get around it in a week. They've probably allready gotten a way, they just haven't published it yet so they cant patch it all at once. __________________

Apr 9, 2007, 04:07 AM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,475 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I don't understand. How can the update be mandatory? Just don't update it and you will still be able to play the discs. Right? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Apr 9, 2007, 01:46 PM	#6
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,475 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Oh, I wouldn't let it access the internet in the first place anyway. Luckily I use another player. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

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