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THE WORLD'S RFID AUTHORITY
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Yeah, right
by TODD FORREST, posted 05/15/2005
So you're also going to have to code in Macrovision, or horrors, I could connect the output of my registered DVD player playing an RFID-encoded DVD directly to the input of a DVD recorder or my computer.
Yup, real effective. Of course it's impossible to break Macrovision. Once again you are punishing people who follow the law while not doing anything to go after those who violate the law. The main source of pirated videos are not from camcorders in theaters at sneaks or previews, it's from the companies that press the DVDs. It's also from dumpster divers at said companies. Perhaps studios would release the DVD same day. I doubt that I would buy such a player as my video system is complex enough. It also isn't clear whether or not such a player would work with non-RFID discs. If it did not, you're going to have an instant pink elephant on your hands You also talk about the RFID reader sending verification over some sort of network connection. How long do you think it would take for someone to monitor that transmission and create a little *nix daemon that always returns an OK? So you'll then try to use encryption to encode the entire disk with half of the key on the RFID? Right. So now you have an already highly compressed file set having to decode strong encryption, because if you use weak encryption (i.e. develop it yourself, read up on DeCSS) it'll be broken so quick your head will spin. And don't forget that decrypting a compressed image will really slow down things, so you'll either have to have dedicated components in the DVD player or you'll have to use lower quality images, thus negating the superior video quality of DVDs. Interesting concept. Go find something else to do, this one ain't gonna fly. I know of someone who had a commercial-release grade video of The Incredibles in less than 2 weeks after it came out. Everyone he showed it to saw the movie multiple times, also said people bought the DVD. So how did his having a pirated copy deprive the studio 3 gajillion dollars? Message threads
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