Slysoft cracks Blu-Ray copy protection

[ramishka]

Antigua based software developer SlySoft claims to have cracked the copy protection scheme used by Sony's Blu-Ray discs (BD+). The latest version of SlySoft AnyDVD HD now has the capability to copy and backup copy protected High Definition (HD) movies stored in Blu-Ray or HD-DVD discs.

Unlike in the case with HD-DVD, Slysoft will not find cracking BD+ to be a one time solution. This is due to the fact that BD+ supports security updates. That means, newer disks will have updated protection against the cracks. But as always, it is safe to assume that updates releases too will be cracked in due time (WGA anyone?), as has happened with almost every copy protection scheme in the world.

Source: FILEnetworks Blog

[Smith]

I'm holding off on buying a blue-ray player till I start seeing movies released on BT. They are way to expensive, I'm not paying 35$ for a dvd.

[MagusDraco]

It's up to $35 a dvd? What the fuck?


It was 30 last month (which is still too damned expensive but still!)

[djsaqis]

Good news.