Comments on: Macbook Video DRM Problems Continue to Make Waves

By: Sovereign John

Sovereign John — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:45:44 +0000

Excessive Copy Protection via Vista was the main reason I switched to a Macbook November 2008. If Apple plans to cripple its computers it may be time for Ubuntu and a Linux machine.

While some have commented they are not alarmed, it is in small steps that our rights are eroded. We need to stop this fad before it becomes a trend.

free software, copyleft and sovereignty

By: Tim Street

Tim Street — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:09:10 +0000

LOL! "advent calendar from the Church of Linux"

Way to go Janko!

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:38:22 +0000

From what I understand, the update resolved the analog issue. As far as the reponse, I’m willing to bet most of the people making noise haven’t encountered the protection sceheme – what number of people does this truly impact? My guess is that it’s very small indeed. (I happen to own a new MacBook.)

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By: Paul Ellis

Paul Ellis — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:48:34 +0000

@anon

This is being discussed as an Apple issue because they are the ONLY company that has sold content and devices that don't allow analog playback. They never tell their users about the restrictions, and this particular restriction is imposed on new MacBooks with old content that played in that manner perfectly fine when puchased/leased. Then add to it that there are incredibly few Mini-DisplayPort displays.

This is an Apple problem with a hint of Hollywood.

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By: Marcos

Marcos — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:29:26 +0000

I still don't understand while people insist on discussing this as an Apple issue. This is a Hollywood issue. The content owners dreamed up DRM and continue to insist upon it, out of rampant fear of piracy.

And we have to admit, there is a lot of film piracy - from bittorrent to people copying DVDs from Netflix. People should pay (once) for the content they want.

That said, DRM is for the birds.

By: anon

anon — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:15:56 +0000

need to factor in the cpu/gpu cycles needed for real-time decoding — less battery time/life, hotter chips, just a whole lot of system inefficiencies which ultimately will not work. Major bootleggers (e.g. those selling disks in China) will simply work around the issue.

By: Paul Ellis

Paul Ellis — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:02:57 +0000

The thing I haven’t seen pointed out that I think is really significant is that they aren’t just requiring HDCP for digital connections (DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort) and allowing analog displays (VGA), they are only allowing connections over HDCP. Even the onerous DRM (Image Constraint Token) on Blu-Ray allows analog connections to be used.

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