Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Well, then let me clarify the copy protection scheme, because I think I gave you the wrong idea.

If a BD player is deemed "compromised", then future BDs will have codes that are unplayable on that particular model. All the BDs you have at that point will still play, but newer ones will not. The playable isn't completely disabled, it just won't play future releases until you plug into the internet and download new keys (which you will have to pay for.)

I understood perfectly well actually. That's exactly what I was referring to (well, maybe a little opposite). Essentially, without knowing it, people would buy new discs, not be able to play them on their players, and get really pissed off. What are they going to do next? They're not going to plug it into a network connection. They're going to take it back to the store and exchange it thinking it's defective. Next one doesn't play, more pissed off. Now they'll take it back and get store credit and buy something else. Eventually they might find out that all the newer discs won't play on their old player because a key was compromised. Now what do they do? They say fuck it. First, they disable my player from playing new discs, then they want me to pay to update the player they broke? Fuck that shit.

I get irritated enough when I read this news. Joe Consumer is going to get downright pissed off and start calling his elected officials wondering why the device he paid for is being limited by some giant media conglomerate.

People might first blame the hackers, but I doubt that. It's not the hacker that broke their player (the inability to play new discs may as well be considered broken), it's the media companies.

In summary, I know they've said this is part of the copy protection scheme, I just don't believe they'll ever enforce it. The more players that get sold, the less they'll be able to enforce it because they'll essentially kill compatibility between old players and new discs. A BD player bought today should be able to play a BD movie bought 5 years from now, whether someone compromises a key or not. If that doesn't happen, the format will die (or people will just figure out a way around it).