On: Confirmed: Intel says HDCP 'master key' crack is real

[tptacek]

The article's spin is that designing hardware is for the super-rich, but the subtext is that anyone who tries to sell this as a hardware product is going to get sued.

[mathgladiator → tptacek]

Aren't there provisions in the DCMA that would enable certain people to obtain such technology to use for legitimate DCMA enabled reasons?

Or is this going to be an IP issue?

[tptacek → mathgladiator]

There are exemptions to the DMCA, but in general the entire law works in exactly the opposite direction, and exists basically to prevent products like this from being brought to market.

[yxhuvud → tptacek]

Thankfully the DMCA only applies to one country and not all the other ones..

[ascuttlefish → yxhuvud]

For now. ACTA appears to be aimed at cramming DMCA-style IP law reform down the throats of the rest of the world.

[mathgladiator → tptacek]

That makes me sad.

I go back to my cave now.

[cryptoz → mathgladiator]

DMCA is only relevant for about 5% of the world's population. Don't be so sad, things are better than they seem.

[ascuttlefish → cryptoz]

Those negotiating ACTA are looking to change that...