Blu-ray Hacked Again: Let The Ripping Begin March 21, 2008

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slysoft fox.jpg The makers of AnyDVD, the greatest DVD ripping software utility, have announced that they’ve cracked the Blu-ray copyright protection system, BD+. This is the second time that Slysoft has overcome the system and they say it will allow people to copy or rip Blu-ray movies in the same way they do DVDs or HD DVDs.

Early reports claim that it doesn’t work seamlessly yet on all BD+ protected discs but it has managed to work on many of those out there – especially those from 20th Century Fox which is the first studio to commit fully BD+. Most of the other studios still use AACS protection on their discs which AnyDVD has already overcome. Now, it's only a matter of time until Blu-ray movies fall prey to mass piracy too.

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There has been no comment yet from the Blu-ray Disc Association but there’s bound to be some quaking in the boots going on. Here’s the feature list and fixes for AnyDVD 6.4.0.0:

* New (Blu-ray): Removes the BD+ protection from Blu-ray discs! (for increased compatibility with titles released by Twentieth Century Fox)
* New (Blu-ray): Added option to enable / disable BD+ removal
* New (DVD): AnyDVD ripper no longer uses the Windows filesystem, it has now its own UDF parser / reader. Discs which cannot be read by Windows can now be copied with the AnyDVD ripper
* Fix (Blu-ray): Black display with some BD discs, e.g., "Layer Cake", second release, "The Fugitive", "Wild Things" (all Region B)
* Fix (DVD): Small bug fix in "repairing defective disc structure" function of AnyDVD ripper
* Fix (DVD): Problems with some Arccos protected titles, e.g. "The Grudge", R1, US
* Some minor fixes and improvements
* Updated languages

Obviously, while backing up a movie you already own is perfectly legal, ripping a movie from a disc you’ve rented, borrowed, ‘forgotten’ to return to a friend, or stolen, is illegal. Just say no.-Martin Lynch

Comments

YAY, clearly when u can pay an actor millions of £££'s for doing one movie, you are making too much money.

cost of cinema tickets and renting movies has gotten more and more expensive, so bring on the piracy.

posted-by yay | March 21, 2008 9:58 PM

** Gets up on his desk, stands in a Superman-esq pose and laughs in a monotone voice **


Now all we need is cheaper burners & discs...

posted-by Fillipeeno Phil | March 25, 2008 9:37 AM

Uh, no. The main purpose behind this software is going to be ultimately to avoid any HDCP blacklist on your tv. You cannot afford to have your tv blacklisted with Key Revocation Lists that are going to be used in conjunction with AACS and BD+. Then put the decrypted movie in the player that was burned to a blank disc. Isn't safe to just pop in all the rented originals anymore. Can't see buying a new tv every time HDCP blacklists get the itch.

posted-by tt | April 23, 2008 11:13 PM

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