Princeton professor sez cracking HDCP is "eminently doable"

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David @ Nov 13th 2006 1:45PM

That's a bit short sighted. The major reason for copy protection isn't so much the hackers etc but the pirates whop churn out hundreds of thousands of the $20 discs often well enough to get their boot leg product into reputable retailers.
Unfortuately the zealousness of the MPAA to protect their already over priced product equates to an inferior product being sold to the consumer.
The comment about curing cancer is beyond acceptable. Not only do you in a swoop slander suffers of the disease you beggar the question what have YOU done to cure the disease?

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