[Lvlug] Re: HDCP.....why?

[Stuart Boreen]

Remember Macrovision on VHS tapes? It was there for *our* 
protection. The 40mph speed limit in the rural town is for 
*our* protection.
Faber nailed it: they are lying.

Sorta related, but I often point out some of the 
differences between Linux and Windows thusly:
The point of Windows media player and itunes is to lock 
you into their format and their stores. The point of Linux 
mplayer or xine is to play media files. Right?

Stuart



On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:07:50 -0500
  Faber Fedor <faber at linuxnj.com> wrote:
> On 21/12/05 12:48 -0700, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
>> http://www.digital-cp.com/home
>> 
>> I understand putting encryption on networks...........
>> 
>> But I don't understand how it would benefit to encrypt 
>>video sent to a 
>> monitor.
>> 
>> "HDCP is not designed to prevent copying or recording of 
>>digital content 
>> but to protect the integrity of content as it is being 
>>transmitted." 
>> (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/HDCP.html)
>> 
>> How much of a security risk is it from video card to 
>>monitor?
> 
> They're lying.  They *do* want to prevent copying and 
>recording of
> digital content.  They don't want you to be able to 
>intercept the data
> as it goes from the video card to the monitor, say for 
>example to a
> video-out port or some other device.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Regards,
> 
>Faber Fedor
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