360 HD DVD doesn't play by AACS's rules

via Xbox 360 Fanboy


The DRM enforcing AACS has officially gone into a tizzy. The hacking communities of Xboxhacker and Doom9 came together and found a way to view Volume IDs for any HD DVD played in the Xbox 360 HD DVD player add on. This of course allows any disc to be played, bypassing any AACS authentication and even playing Volume IDs that the AACS previously revoked. Ultimately, the 360's HD DVD player is pretty much the easiest way to bypass DRM and is an integral part of "backing up" your HD DVDs. It'll be interesting to see how the AACS combats this new hack (which makes last week's effort a wash), will they revoke the entire lot of Xbox 360 HD DVD players or will they force a simple firmware update? Be afraid HD fans, this is when DRM enforcement gets scary.

it'll make more people look at the HD-DVD add-on for the 360. which ultimately means that more people will end up buying a 360. it'll make sense to those people who have some hankerin' for HD content. while the rest of us who still deal with our 480p contents will still be contented.