By now, most of you have
probably heard of muslix64. Within the last month, he has circumvented the content protection used by both HD DVD and Blu-ray, releasing
a pair of utilities called BackupHDDVD and BackupBluRay. Slyck News has posted an interview with muslix64, asking a number of interesting
questions about his techniques and the reason for doing it.
What motivated you to help circumvent the content
protection scheme associated with HD DVD and Blu-ray?
With the HD-DVD, I wasn't able to play my movie on my non-HDCP HD
monitor. Not being able to play a movie that I have paid for, because some executive in Hollywood decided I cannot, made me
mad...
After the HD-DVD crack, I realized that things where "unbalanced" by having just one format cracked, so I did Blu-ray too.
The interview is definitely an interesting read. Head on over to Slyck News if you'd like to check it out.
