ARM Launches Hollywood Approved Anti-Piracy Processor
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Chip manufacturer ARM has announced a Hollywood-approved video processor that enables content producers to prevent piracy on mobile platforms. The Mali-V500 video chip features hardware embedded anti-piracy capabilities which secure playback of high-definition video. According to ARM the new chip meets the toughest anti-piracy standards for mobile devices.
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Oh wow.. Also from the Pirate Bay facebook page:
[B]"Anyone of you that wants to buy a crippled anti-piracy processor?
No? :D" [/B]
R.I.P in pieces Pirates :yarr:
From what I got, this is just copy protection for legit media you download/stream on your mobile.
It won't do anything to pirated movies you try to watch
[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;40899465]From what I got, this is just copy protection for legit media you download/stream on your mobile.
It won't do anything to pirated movies you try to watch[/QUOTE]
Uh huh. Hollywood is lobbying hard to bring shit like Cinavia to people's smartphones against their will, this is just the first step.
I don't want to watch movies on my mobile anyway.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
You got to kidding me, really? REALLY? This shit isn't going to work for long, its a waste of time and money to even fight piracy like this, people are just going to find ways around this shit.
I'll readily admit I know fuck-all about this thing or how it works, but I seriously doubt this will remain "secure" for long once reverse engineering enthusiasts get their hands on it.
I give it ten minutes after release.
So this is what they go after as a solution.
I seriously question the validity of TorrentFreak. They post a lot of stuff that I never hear about again or is posted anywhere else. They just come off as fear mongering for "my distros".
[QUOTE=darth-veger;40899395][URL]http://torrentfreak.com/arm-launches-hollywood-approved-anti-piracy-processor-130603/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+(Torrentfreak)&utm_content=FaceBook[/URL]
Oh wow.. Also from the Pirate Bay facebook page:
[B]"Anyone of you that wants to buy a crippled anti-piracy processor?
No? :D" [/B][/QUOTE]
lol, i wonder if the same issues(or at least similar ones) DRM causes for gamers would also affect the users of this chip, imagine the fallout lol.
[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;40899556]I seriously question the validity of TorrentFreak. They post a lot of stuff that I never hear about again or is posted anywhere else. They just come off as fear mongering for "my distros".[/QUOTE]
Torrentfreak is like all those sensationalist lying UK newspapers/US websites (The Sun or Infowars) but with the key difference that they post stuff that the average facepuncher/redditor agrees with
[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;40899556]I seriously question the validity of TorrentFreak. They post a lot of stuff that I never hear about again or is posted anywhere else. They just come off as fear mongering for "my distros".[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.arm.com/about/newsroom/arm-targets-580-million-mid-range-mobile-devices-with-new-suite-of-ip.php[/url]
[editline]4th June 2013[/editline]
TorrentFreak is pretty legit
[QUOTE=latin_geek;40899624]Torrentfreak is like all those sensationalist lying UK newspapers/US websites (The Sun or Infowars) but with the key difference that they post stuff that the average facepuncher/redditor agrees with[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say Torrentfreak are lying, but they do spin the articles towards their agenda but you have to accept that with a site called "Torrentfreak"
Maybe if they instead invested the money and time to produce good movies for acceptable prices, they wouldn't have to spend their efforts with this.
[QUOTE=DrDevil;40900145]Maybe if they instead invested the money and time to produce good movies for acceptable prices, they wouldn't have to spend their efforts with this.[/QUOTE]
Because nobody pirates the absolutely greatest games/media ever produced
You'd think Hollywood would have the least to fear from pirates, as even watching a DVD is lacking compared to a theater, much less a cellphone recording of a movie screen.
I don't really see this as mattering since companies are still bound to consumers, the people who actually buy their products. If major processor companies build this into all of their processors then they would open up the potential for a competitor to take over market share by not implementing the anti-piracy technology. For example, imagine how many computer-enthusiasts would switch to AMD if Intel suddenly added this to all their processor offerings?
[QUOTE=DrDevil;40900145]Maybe if they instead invested the money and time to produce good movies for acceptable prices, they wouldn't have to spend their efforts with this.[/QUOTE]
People would pirate shit if it was $1 or $100 dollars, whether it was "The Room" quality movie or "Citizen Kane" quality movie. They'll either justify it as being too expensive to pay for or too cheap to worry about paying for. Not everyone pirates out of principle like us idealized facepunchers do, quite a few do it because they're lazy or broke.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;40900354]People would pirate shit if it was $1 or $100 dollars, whether it was "The Room" quality movie or "Citizen Kane" quality movie. They'll either justify it as being too expensive to pay for or too cheap to worry about paying for. Not everyone pirates out of principle like us idealized facepunchers do, quite a few do it because they're lazy or broke.[/QUOTE]
When piracy is the easiest way to obtain things, then that's often the way i go.
Unless i know the people behind or something. Pretty much 98% of games available on Steam, that I want, do I buy.
I'd never pirate a game developed by a team/person interrested in their audience - like Garry's Mod, Starbound, Terraria, Valve games - and so on. I often end up buying 2-5 copies to friends, if I feel I owe or would like to support a developer like Garry.
I an subscribed to Netflix, but what are they expecting I do when I've finished the second season and third & fourth season is unavailable? That I wait maybe years for them to get on Netflix, rush to the store and cash out like 4 months of netflix - or simply jump to the second most convenient thing?
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;40900354]People would pirate shit if it was $1 or $100 dollars, whether it was "The Room" quality movie or "Citizen Kane" quality movie. They'll either justify it as being too expensive to pay for or too cheap to worry about paying for. Not everyone pirates out of principle like us idealized facepunchers do, quite a few do it because they're lazy or broke.[/QUOTE]
Pirating a film is faster and cheaper than going outside and doesn't require that I own a Bluray optical drive to watch 1080p films, and there's no risk of me possibly losing or scratching the media because it's just a file. Films need to be cheap and easy to access worldwide on a platform like Steam to sway people who think like I do.
Haha, yeah. Go fuck yourselves hollywood.
[QUOTE=sambooo;40901132]Pirating a film is faster and cheaper than going outside and doesn't require that I own a Bluray optical drive to watch 1080p films, and there's no risk of me possibly losing or scratching the media because it's just a file. Films need to be cheap and easy to access worldwide on a platform like Steam to sway people who think like I do.[/QUOTE]
Well that platform does exist. I think WB had it's own download service, somewhat like steam, where you could buy and store movies on your PC as long as you used their platform. Every DVD you bought came with a little slip that would let you transfer the movie to your PC via downloading it from their platform.
Of course it was widely ignored because if people are downloading movies, they're downloading them from TPB, not WB servers.
I've bought movies after I've seen them in means that weren't exactly moral.
[QUOTE=scout1;40900227]Because nobody pirates the absolutely greatest games/media ever produced[/QUOTE]
And yet you missed the acceptable price bit, as many companies rip customers off. For example, see day 1 DLCs and games with only 6 hours of content.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;40901926]Well that platform does exist. I think WB had it's own download service, somewhat like steam, where you could buy and store movies on your PC as long as you used their platform. Every DVD you bought came with a little slip that would let you transfer the movie to your PC via downloading it from their platform.
Of course it was widely ignored because if people are downloading movies, they're downloading them from TPB, not WB servers.[/QUOTE]
I remember one time I actually decided to redeem my "Digital Copy" code that came with District 9. Biggest mistake ever.
They give you a very low-quality WMV file loaded with DRM so it can only be played on Windows Media Player. I can't use MPC-HC which is configured for optimal video watching, nor can I even copy it to my other computer. The video and audio bitrates were so low it sounded like I was listening to a 96kbps MP3 the whole time.
They could probably reduce piracy in non US countries by not holding shit for half a year before allowing it to be broadcast. Most of the 2 months i was on Netflix was spent watching older stuff that i remember liking, and watching the first 2 or so seasons of some series before being told that the rest wasn't avalible
Hell, when Eureka was still going, The US version was pretty much at season finale before it started broadcasting that seasons in Sweden.
Give me a series with something like a days delay or something and a really good selection of stuff to watch and i'll buy it. It's why i use Spotify and Steam
So how exactly does it work? Is it just a hardware-level system for decrypting video files with DRM?
If it is, the movie has to be decrypted before it goes to the display anyways.
If the thing's got an HDMI output (not uncommon on high-end phones nowadays) they're boned anyways. You could just set up something to record what comes out. Even if it doesn't there has to be a video-out of some kind between the display and the rest of the phone. Sure that would require tearing the thing apart but I have no doubt pirates would do it.
No idea why they decided to go to hardware, usually DRM is software based. Seems expensive to have a whole chip designed with anti-piracy measures.
[QUOTE=scout1;40900227]Because nobody pirates the absolutely greatest games/media ever produced[/QUOTE]
but this doesn't prevent piracy, the pirates will get a cracked version while the people who payed for it get a more finicky copy of the film
Watch how someone cracks this shit within a week after it's release.
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