AACS 'Advantages'

The last couple of days were all about the leaked key for decrypting HD-DVD movies. This made me curious about the technology, so I headed to the AACS LA website.

There's variety of white papers available, which explain the AACS concept. The same papers were used by musilix64 in making his first breakthrough on circumventing the AACS protection.
But there is more to be found on their website... There's even a section which explains the Consumer Benefits of AACS.

• Support a superior viewing experience delivered by next generation media formats
  AACS is added to the content. The content itself will probably 'work' better without AACS.


• Enable greater flexibility to manage distribute, and play entertainment content on a wider range of devices
  This is a 'feature' for the publishing companies. Without the restrictive AACS protection, the content can be played on virtually every device. With AACS protection 'they' control on which device you can play the content.


• Enable groundbreaking home entertainment choices and the ability to use content on PCs and a range of CE devices
  AACS is added to the content. The content itself will probably 'work' better without AACS.


• Work across a variety of formats and platforms
  Five letters: L I N U X. AACS protected movies CANNOT be played on Linux. Only movies without the protection can be player on certain Linux players.