High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is currently the most common form of digital transmission protection for high definition digital multimedia, requiring an unbroken chain of licensed products for content to play back for
TV systems and
computers.
A possible "master key" was posted online earlier this week, and created quite a stir around the potential of this leak or reverse engineering. Intel, who
developed the initial specification,
has confirmed the validity of the "master key", but instead of coming up with a new protection scheme, will use "legal remedies, particularly under the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)." In essence,
the threat of legal action, rather than cryptography, is [Intel and the media companies] real tool against unapproved uses of digital content. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief
on Sep 17, 2010 -
84 comments
In 1948, in the aftermath of the Second World War, with Europe still in ruins, three young Belgian comic strip artists, Joseph Gillain (aka
Jijé), Maurice de Bevere (aka
Morris) and
André Franquin, crossed the Atlantic with the intention of settling in the US.
All three would eventually return to Belgium, their hopes of working for Disney ultimately dashed by the turmoil of the McCarthy years. However, in the meantime they made the acquaintance of their colleagues of the Charles
William Harvey Studio in New York, including a cosmopolitan young wit named
René Goscinny.
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posted by Skeptic
on Oct 29, 2009 -
37 comments
Like
Tintin,
Asterix, or even the
Smurfs? Step right this way, to the
dark,
spooky side of
French cartooning.
Jacques Tardi, relatively obscure in this country, brings you
many lovely lonely images of
cityscapes and
small horrors, mostly within the amazing stories of
Adele Blanc-Sec, writer and adventurer.
At least
one of his books is still in print in English, and most can be
ordered from overseas, and are well worth it.
posted by interrobang
on Aug 27, 2002 -
23 comments
