New MacBooks Have HDCP, Gives iTunes Purchases Less Freedom

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:27 AM EST

Article Source: Gizmodo

technology, apple, ipod, itunes, drm, macbook, ipods, itms, macbooks, hdcp, high-definition-content-protection

High Definition Content Protection—the annoying DRM-y thing that's supposed to stop people from copying hi-def stuff as it travels over a card-display connector— has apparently, and unfortunately, come to Apple's MacBooks.

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Michael Sautter

Well, I guess the free market and Steve Jobs has decided you need less freedom.

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#1 - Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:14 AM EST

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gecko85

This isn't a "Macbook" issue, it's a video card issue. Any laptop (HP, Dell, Lenovo, Apple, etc.) with the majority of newer video cards, coupled with a digital connection (HDMI, Display Port, DVI) will have the same issue. It should also be noted that it's only *some* content that's encoded with the DRM, and that's solely up to the discretion of the studios to either put it in or not. Of course, it's always better to sensationalize the issue and blame Apple/Steve Jobs...that tactic has been proven to garner far more page hits than actually covering the issue truthfully and objectively.

Until the studios realize that DRM doesn't work, and only causes law abiding citizens to get highly frustrated, we're going to have to deal with this crap. Let the studios know how you feel...they're the only ones that can change it.

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#2 - Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:59 AM EST

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Michael Sautter

'sorry I forgot to add a '/sarcasm' tag to my comment.

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#2.1 - Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:16 PM EST

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gecko85

That wasn't aimed at you...but more at the tech bloggers (like Gizmodo.)

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2 votes

#2.2 - Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:18 PM EST

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MICHAEL SAUTTER

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