Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 01:19:46AM +0000, Justin wrote:

> > If I film off a HDTV screen with a HDTV camera (or just do single-frame
> > with a good professional camera) will the flag be preserved?
>
> I don't think so, I think the flag is in the bitstream and doesn't
> affect visual output at all.  You still run into significant quality

I know; that was a rhetorical question.

> loss trying to get around it that way.

I doubt the quality loss would be perceivable. What you'll get will be
persistent artifacts which would allow source fingerprinting via digital
forensics.

> The point is that HDTV is a popular consumer technology, and the MPAA
> and TV networks alone managed to hijack it.

I have yet to see a single HDTV movie/broadcast, and I understand most TV
sets can't display anything beyond 800x600.

DVD started with a copy protection, too.

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