On 2/23/07, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Obviously, as the OGC gains a certain amount of mainstream appeal, it becomes more likely it is that there will be users who complain about support for AACS and HDCP. However if you divide the possibilities into two choices: a) work on other stuff (good economics, better features, whatever), producing a card that might become popular outside the target audience, but get criticized over DRM support b) spend a disproportionate amount of time and money on design and negotiations for the purpose of making it legal and possible to use high def content for the people that really want it, but risk having the card fail to appeal to a wide enough audience to make that effort worthwhile the first choice is more focused and productive, and less risky.
You've got some misconceptions rolled in there... The only scenario under which OGC won't be able to display HD content, is if _all_ monitor manufacturers design their monitors not to accept unencrypted HD content. Myself, being of the opinion that it's physically (and probably mathematically provably) impossible to keep data secret on the same machine on which it's viewed, believe that any effort spent on designing in DRM support will promptly be wasted by someone exercising their right to access information on their own computers, and the respective **AA killing the card remotely via BluRay, HD DVD, the internet, or some other pertinent blacklisting method. Same as they can already do for non-compliant BR and HD DVD players, and Windows Vista drivers. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I doubt we could be license compliant without such a remote kill switch. DRM is literally an exercise in futility. --tim _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
