Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Aug 2006 09:12 UTC, submitted by Ralf.
The web exploded yesterday with the news that Microsoft would cripple 32bit versions of Vista so they would not play protected high-definition content. However, Microsoft was quick to respond, stating: "The community is buzzing with reactions to APC Magazine's article regarding playback of protected High Definition content in 32-bit versions of Windows Vista. However, the information shared was incorrect and the reactions pervading the community are thus (understandably) ill-informed. The real deal is that no version of Windows Vista will make a determination as to whether any given piece of content should play back or not."
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Member since:2006-07-04
No.
What MS is saying is that the OS will not prevent playback of protected hd video discs (HD-DVD and BluRay). But the software player must still deal with the DRM of those protected discs. There's no way to decrypt the protected content without implementing the DRM.
But it doesn't matter if you actually have the disc. Posession of the disc (a genuine disc, not some ISO thing) validates the DRM. Also, HD-DVD (and maybe BluRay) support managed copy, which allows you to copy the disc onto a harddrive and play it from there. But if you try to "share" that copy with somebody else's computer, then the DRM will block that other computer from playing the content.
Edited 2006-08-25 16:07
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2006-01-18
"no version of Windows Vista will make a determination as to whether any given piece of content should play back or not."
So its not going to determine that it won't play some content because I don't happen to have the "digital rights for it?" - Thats What consumers have wanted all along, but I somehow think this guy can't mean what he says.
Edited 2006-08-25 13:52