A question about AACS protection

[Gnodab]

Alright, I have a basic understanding of how AACS works. What I don't understand is why it really matters. Well, the part about revoking keys and updating players/software. Once a HDDVD/BD is ripped (and it only takes once, hence why I don't see why updating the software after-the-fact matters whatsoever), the source can be converted to a format which does not employ DRM, just like converting a DVD to XVid, and then making a torrent/whatever other file sharing medium one wants to post it to.
In other words, once its ripped and converted, all the copy protection in the world isn't going to matter. The people downloading the pirated, converted copies won't be affected at all, however it is possible that legitimate end users (if somehow all keys in a player (all 2?? of them) were revoked, which wouldn't be all that suprising) would.

Am I wrong here?

[dcsos]

if the key is revoked, you cannot play it if you reburn it to a disc..like you could play on the computer..but for settop play..you neeed aacs currently

[Gnodab]

Why would a user not be able to play it on a set top device? Oh wait, I think I just got it while writing the sentence I wrote before deleted it and typed this. If it were sent out over the internet, and distributed for burning (say a 15 gig ISO), even though the file itself does not have DRM, when it gets encoded back to HDDVD/BD format, it is given a new key to be able to decode it, and that is what can be revoked?

[jagabo]

The idea behind revoking keys and updating players is to prevent future titles from being ripped. It doesn't do anything for titles that have already been ripped.

[dcsos]

From my understanding SET TOP players will always need AACS, whether its the kind you make with an "authorized burner -authoring appliction" or the Hollywood kind

when you burn a DVD it can have no copy protection, but HD-DVD needs some kind of flag even on home videos to play on a settop that "MY HD-DVD v1.0" will give you when it comes out

[VegasBud]

The only AACS "flag" I've heard of is the "Image Constraint Token" flag, which is not required, and not used at all at this time.