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You know you have some airtight DRM when you can’t get your own movie to play. :D

Avatar, the long-awaited science fiction epic from James Cameron will launch this week, but already some lucky individuals have seen the movie. The same cannot be said of attendees at a 3D preview showing in Germany yesterday though. The movie’s DRM ‘protection’ system failed and the video could not be decoded.
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"Unfortunately, after working for several hours cinema workers failed to decrypt 150 gigabytes of data,"

Is the movie industry actually afraid that someone will hijack this movie and create a 150 GIGABYTE TORRENT? or spend the time converting it to measly 600k video file?

/ME THINKS THEIR TINFOIL HATS HAVE LEAKS
 
Quality! In order to be even remotely useful, drm needs to be completely transparent. Why don't companies understand this?
 
whrswoldo said:
Quality! In order to be even remotely useful, drm needs to be completely transparent. Why don't companies understand this?
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They're too caught up in the war against piracy they forgot about the rest of us, looks like.
 
I sure wish studios would sell preloaded hard drives with 2K or 4K movies.

Blade Runner, 4K, $500, I'd buy it.
 
AH-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.....Ha! DRM Ownz U! Regardless, I'm tired of the hype around this movie and the new 3D movement in movies and games. I'll see it eventually, but I doubt it will change my life when I do.
 
weebling1 said:
"Unfortunately, after working for several hours cinema workers failed to decrypt 150 gigabytes of data,"

Is the movie industry actually afraid that someone will hijack this movie and create a 150 GIGABYTE TORRENT? or spend the time converting it to measly 600k video file?

/ME THINKS THEIR TINFOIL HATS HAVE LEAKS
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You clearly haven't been to HDbits. 150GB torrents aren't that rare, and I've seen bigger :eek:

phide said:
I sure wish studios would sell preloaded hard drives with 2K or 4K movies.

Blade Runner, 4K, $500, I'd buy it.
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But, once you get a movie or two, you'd want the old method back ;)
 
ajira99 said:
AH-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.....Ha! DRM Ownz U! Regardless, I'm tired of the hype around this movie and the new 3D movement in movies and games. I'll see it eventually, but I doubt it will change my life when I do.
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+1 As I've said before, run out of ideas, rehash the old and market it as new and hope the people are to young to remember. I'll probably drive the 4 hours to see it at a large screen and in surround sound. Did someone say that this will be showing at Imax theatre.
 
weebling1 said:
"Unfortunately, after working for several hours cinema workers failed to decrypt 150 gigabytes of data,"

Is the movie industry actually afraid that someone will hijack this movie and create a 150 GIGABYTE TORRENT? or spend the time converting it to measly 600k video file?

/ME THINKS THEIR TINFOIL HATS HAVE LEAKS
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Maybe not a torrent, but I have ran into 40+ gigabyte uncompressed bluray rips. Some people do have the bandwidth, and the patience to get it, and at least make it small enough for a rewritable bluray disc.
 
TY djBon2112 and Ryokurin, I had no idea they could be found SO large in the wild.

But still, this isn't a Blu-Ray. Itsa Theatrical release. Nobody beyond millionaires and digital movie theaters are capable of showing that scale of video.

Or are there rogue pirate digital theaters waiting to keel haul poor little Hollywood?

YARRR!
 
whrswoldo said:
Quality! In order to be even remotely useful, drm needs to be completely transparent. Why don't companies understand this?
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Exactly my thoughts. Companies think of the $$ bills, not what is right or better.
 
I forget where I read this posted, but it's really sad: The **AA's have better security than our armed forces (see recently hacked drones).
 
Aquila76 said:
I forget where I read this posted, but it's really sad: The **AA's have better security than our armed forces (see recently hacked drones).
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I think those were left unencrypted intentionally to speed up transmission of the data. Don't even pretend the military doesn't know how to encrypt things. Probably better than Hollywood, too.
 
You clearly haven't been to HDbits. 150GB torrents aren't that rare, and I've seen bigger
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I get 20GB of data per month. Have you any idea what I could do with that instead of downloading about an 8th of a single movie?
 
Mr. Pedantic said:
I get 20GB of data per month. Have you any idea what I could do with that instead of downloading about an 8th of a single movie?
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Well, sucks to be you :D honestly, all it means you won't be downloading it but someone else with a fat pipe and lots of patience might ;)
 
I didn't even know about this movie till now. It seems like it would be a good one to watch.
 
I download 20-40gb rips all the time. I have 35/30 fiber to my apartment for $29.99 a month, no caps. I've used well over a terrabyte in a month before and they don't care.
 
We could get an unlimited plan, but it's about a quarter of the speed that our current service is (8Mbps), and it costs nearly double.
 
Why is there no Edit button here?!

I have 250 GB a month and I run out. I have no idea how I would survive on 20.
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Crazy. What do you download?

I download 20-40gb rips all the time. I have 35/30 fiber to my apartment for $29.99 a month, no caps. I've used well over a terrabyte in a month before and they don't care.
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I am green with envy, I truly am. Our plan costs NZ$60 a month for 20GB at 8Mbps. And the service is quite bad too, for some reason the router the ISP has given us won't play nice with the wireless on my dad's laptop, and it disconnects the internet every time it's used on our network...
 
i odnt know how anyone survives on a capped broadband, im on a 24Mb line and download aroung 400GB a Month
 
Flakes said:
i odnt know how anyone survives on a capped broadband, im on a 24Mb line and download aroung 400GB a Month
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Word, fuck that capped shit! 50Mb over here and I just checked my stats for my Giganews account and I downloaded 455GB last month. All linux distros I swear! :D Seriously though, the pr0n adds up!
 
In the future movie theaters will have to contract to crack groups to get the movies to play.

LOL I guess it works thou, no one will upload that one seeing as it won't even play.
 
Crucible1001 said:
I have 250 GB a month and I run out. I have no idea how I would survive on 20.
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Damn, dude. Between three roommates, we don't break 250GB a month... and we ALL do a lot of streaming, I know one roommate is on WASTE all the time and I've grabbed a fair number of torrents and I play multiplayer a lot. Our worst month didn't even hit the cap.
 
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