'Unbreakable' Blu-ray DRM Cracked Already

Remember the BD+ extra copy protection that was recently added to Blu-ray releases making them unplayable in the older players? Well it's now worthless. SlySoft, makers of AnyDVD, have released a new beta of their AnyDVD HD disc ripping application that it claims can successfully crack and allow users to copy Blu-ray discs protected by BD+ to their hard drive. The Blu-ray Disc Association has not yet commented on this, but it can't be happy. BD+ was touted as a key differentiator between it and HD DVD and with this announcement is made effectively worthless.

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