CSS

It is mad to review CSS at this time. CSS is not bad considering the sales it has driven over the past years, and it should not be surprised if someone eventually broke it. CSS still works even for me, a lazy engineer in this field. CSS will not work, nor will AACS, to prevent professional pirates with proper tools.

Recently in the DVD Forum and related organizations, people are working hard to make"managed copy" possible for CSS protected movies. The idea is all right, but there are already better protection schemes like CPRM, VCPS, or even AACS. The major problem is there are different forces trying to create multiple solutions for this simple idea.

I cannot discuss all the movement openly, but I think it is crazy to reinvent almost everything for this old format.