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PlayStation 3 hack - how it happened and what it means (The Guardian)PlayStation 3 hack - how it happened and what it means (The Guardian)Posted Jan 8, 2011 12:19 UTC (Sat) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)In reply to: PlayStation 3 hack - how it happened and what it means (The Guardian) by jonabbey Parent article: PlayStation 3 hack - how it happened and what it means (The Guardian)
Indeed, in fact even DVD had (has) a similar sector not writable by recorders. It's where the CSS key was stored. This is why the CSS system had to be cryptographically cracked before people could copy DVDs. People couldn't simply copy the data bit-for-bit to the new disc.
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PlayStation 3 hack - how it happened and what it means (The Guardian) Posted Jan 8, 2011 12:52 UTC (Sat) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]
DVDs were perfectly easy to copy in-bulk, bit-by-bit, prior to deCSS. Just not with regular, western consumer-level DVD recording equipment... If it can be manufactured, and if the means of manufacture are not strictly controlled, then it will be copied.
PlayStation 3 hack - how it happened and what it means (The Guardian) Posted Jan 8, 2011 15:46 UTC (Sat) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
But manufacture IS strictly controlled. Only a handful of companies produce BR-drives.
Yup - and this is the REAL reason why PS3 was unbroken for 4 years... Posted Jan 8, 2011 19:00 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] Yup. That means bootleg factories can not duplicate PS3 titles anyway - and this made PS3 not very interesting for "black hats". Of course the same tight control meant torrent-capable HD-players outsell BD-capable HD-players by significant margin so the win is Pyhrric.
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