Friday 3 July 2009

Blu-ray ahead in the encryption battle

For now, it seems that the Blu-Ray publishers are winning the battle against disc rippers who just want to enjoy their movies in ways Hollywood has not yet caught up with. The end result seems to be that more people own old HD-DVD gear than Blu-Ray, and that shows no signs of improving. That's the cost of winning the DRM war for publishers: consumers abandon your platform.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - The Sony PSP "won" a similar battle against indie game developers.
PPS - It didn't work out all that well for them in the end.

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