Ars Technica has a drawn-out piece that re - sound the struggle cry against AACS , the copy protective cover scheme for Blu - Ray and HD DVD — specifically , the gimpage it ’s bringing to both PCs and Macs so as to sate Hollywood ’s fearfulness of casual plagiarisation .
The TV track essentially has to be lock down at every point , and both Microsoft and Apple ’s OS are required to employ “ techniques of bafflement intelligibly plan to in effect disguise and hamper attempts to get a line the approaches used ” so it ’s heavy to hack , among other great “ features . ”
Because they want PC and Macs to be able to play high - def capacity , neither Microsoft nor Apple are in a position to differentiate Hollywood to take a flying shtup , either — to wit , Vista ’s already loaded down with it , and Apple ’s on the Blu - Ray panel , so look them to saddle up presently enough .
The bottom line for end user is that they ’re stuck with a written matter tribute system that ’s a entire pain in the roll in the hay , while it devours system resources to forever supervise the stream ’s “ integrity . ” amazing . Thanks , Hollywood . [ Ars Technica , Image viaFlickr ]
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