Just curious. Cant movie co. make new encryption software?

[jaxxboss]

I really dont care one way or the other, but with the this madness about copying infringements and such. Since that kid in Scandanvia defeated the copy protection scheme that a dvd uses why cant movie companys just alter the encryption as such that the current decrypters out here wont work? I'm sure that if they did then someone would come along and find a way to break it, but it would take awhile and by then the movie cos could throw another encyption out there.
Dont get me wrong, I like having my back ups just wondering why these mega multi billion $$$ companys dont just re do their codes.

PS: I'm not a techno speak kinda person, but u know what I mean

[BJ_M]

sure --- could be done in a minute ....

of course 100 million exsisting dvd players would be then scrap ...

[northcat_8]

What BJ said. In order to put a different type of encryption to it the DVD player would still have to be able to play the disc. If the movie companies think they are losing money now, try getting the whole world to buy new DVD players and see how fast the DVD market hits the floor.

And why do that anyway, any new encryption they come out with will be cracked inside a week and posted on the web for all to use and they will be right back where they are now.

I mean come on, there is a crack program for windows XP...cracking the OS when you have to connect to Microsoft themselves so they can check that your version of windows is not pirated before you can download the updates!!!!

No matter what anyone tries to do there will always be someone smarter, with more time on their hands that will figure out how to get around it.

I think they all should just stop with the higher level encryption, fire the programmers in that department, thus cutting the cost of the software and sell it to the consumers at a cheaper price. If DVD's were $8.00 a piece pirating them wouldn't be worth the price of the software or the burner, or the blank discs, or the time put in to it. Sure some would still back them up just because they can and it's neat to be able to do it but most would just buy them. It takes an awfully honest person to go out and spend $500.00 on a program when they can download it for free.

That's just my opinion. I do not support pirating and I do not pirate but lets not sit here and think that it isn't happening every day.