The First HD DVD Movie Hits BitTorrent

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Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @02:55PM from the nailing-jello-to-a-tree dept.

Ars Technica reports that the first HD DVD movie has made its way onto BitTorrent, showing that current DRM efforts to prevent illegal sharing of copyrighted content are still futile and fighting an uphill battle. From the article: "The pirates of the world have fired another salvo in their ongoing war with copy protection schemes with the first release of the first full-resolution rip of an HD DVD movie on BitTorrent. The movie, Serenity, was made available as a .EVO file and is playable on most DVD playback software packages such as PowerDVD. The file was encoded in MPEG-4 VC-1 and the resulting file size was a hefty 19.6 GB."

The First HD DVD Movie Hits BitTorrent

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Link? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @02:58PM (#17632792)

No direct link to the torrent? What kind of submission is that?

Re:Sky (Score:5, Funny)

by A beautiful mind ( 821714 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:00PM (#17632824)

But you can obviously take the bandwidth! At least temporarily...

3...2...1... (Score:5, Funny)

by Jordan Catalano ( 915885 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:00PM (#17632826) Homepage

alt.binaries.hddvd?

We win (Score:3, Funny)

by MasterPoof ( 876056 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:01PM (#17632840)

Case closed. Give it up, MPAA, your days are numbered. Just like Windows, soon you won't be needed anymore.

Moo (Score:5, Funny)

by Chacham ( 981 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:02PM (#17632856) Homepage Journal

The First HD DVD Movie Hits BitTorrent

News at 11:00.
On Bit Torrent at 11:05.

Serenity in high-def for FREE??? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:04PM (#17632892)

I'll be in my bunk...

Getting off at the next port... (Score:2, Funny)

by dvicci ( 22294 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:04PM (#17632900) Homepage

At these file sizes, I, for one, do not aim to misbehave.

Re:BitTorrent isn't a thing (Score:4, Funny)

by CelticWhisper ( 601755 ) writes: <celticwhisper@ g m a i l . c om> on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:13PM (#17633084)

Right. BitTorrent isn't a dump truck. You have to send it through the tubes.

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:4, Funny)

by Threni ( 635302 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:16PM (#17633152)

> Maybe they'll come up with a distributed storage system where the pirated file is split up over
> 10-20 machines.

I get it - you have to borrow 20 machines if you want to watch a film. No, it makes sense, I never thought of that.

Apparently... (Score:5, Funny)

by F.Prefect ( 98101 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:17PM (#17633186) Homepage

...you really can't stop the signal. :-)

You can't stop the signal. (Score:5, Funny)

by Lester67 ( 218549 ) writes: <ratels72082 AT mypacks DOT net> on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:18PM (#17633202)

They have gone to enormous trouble to find your little friend... and found her they have. Do you all know what it is you're carrying?

Re:Call me paranoid... (Score:2, Funny)

by Threni ( 635302 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:19PM (#17633234)

> ...but I bet the MPAA is watching the peer list on this torrent very, very carefully.

"Dave...what's this TOR thing I keep seeing on the ip list?"
"It means we have no chance of catching whoever's sharing their files though it"
"Ah."

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:5, Funny)

by __aaclcg7560 ( 824291 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:19PM (#17633238)

Is this news?

Absolutely. If pirates are willing to rip off a HD version of "Serenity", then there should be enough demand to make another movie.

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:3, Funny)

by Malc ( 1751 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:40PM (#17633624)

Nah, that's what Blu-ray burners are for ;)

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:5, Funny)

by ivan256 ( 17499 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @04:16PM (#17634358)

But when I see that stuff being offered to me as if it's some kind of precious gift, I'm flabbergasted. Why would someone give me Budweiser under the label "Chimay" and claim "it's just as good"? Why would I seek such things out?

Because it's 'rar'ed and broken down into 16MB chunks, of course.

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:4, Funny)

by really? ( 199452 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @04:18PM (#17634384)

900 is the future? You, like me, must be in North America. My Japanese friends would be crying in their cups of hot sake if their speeds dropped to such a low level.

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:2, Funny)

by kitsunewarlock ( 971818 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @04:25PM (#17634518) Journal

And for anime/full series viewers...

1.) Download it.
2.) Continue downloading it.
3.) Oh shit, your seeds just left.
4.) ...1 kb/s...1 kb/s! I paid for the broadband now give me my movies!
5.) Its been 2 weeks...dear lord...2...weeks...the horror...the horror
6.) Watch
7.) Delete

((Repeat without fragmenting till your harddrive begins to play wav files of itself screaming))

But of course pirates will put HD-DVDs on there. They'll put anything and everything they can up...because its a business! Pirate sites makes serious revenue with ads, and the revenue is fueled by having content!

Re:Sky (Score:5, Funny)

by charlieo88 ( 658362 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @04:34PM (#17634750)

The top post should have been, "Can't stop the signal"

Priceless... (Score:5, Funny)

by Greyfox ( 87712 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @04:56PM (#17635272) Homepage Journal

Product design for HD-DVD player: $8 million.
DRM Engineering team: $1.2 million.
Marketing for release of first movie: $3 million

Having some wiseass kid from Sweden post a torrent of your movie the day before the commercial release: Priceless.

Re:Link? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @04:57PM (#17635296)

No direct link to the other forums? What kind of post is that?

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:4, Funny)

by AeroIllini ( 726211 ) writes: <`moc.liamg' `ta' `inilliorea'> on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @05:50PM (#17636328)

On 30Mbps FTTP, it would take 1.45 Hours.
W00t! Realtime streaming!

*calls Comcast*

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:5, Funny)

by poot_rootbeer ( 188613 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @05:52PM (#17636378)

Supposing you get 150 KB/s sustained on the torrent, your computer's still going to be chewing on it for over 37 hours.

But I want SERENITY NOW!!!

Re:Sky (Score:5, Funny)

by Andrew Nagy ( 985144 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @05:57PM (#17636436) Homepage Journal

January 16, 2007 Headline: The First HD DVD Movie Hits BitTorrent

April 22, 2029 Headline: The First HD DVD Movie Finishes Downloading from BitTorrent

Re:Call me paranoid... (Score:5, Funny)

by StikyPad ( 445176 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @06:28PM (#17637000) Homepage

"Dave...what's this TOR thing I keep seeing on the ip list?"
"It means they have no chance of completing their 20GB download before the next format wars start."
"Ah."

There.. fixed that for you.

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:2, Funny)

by yoasif ( 969247 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @07:19PM (#17637944)

...insanity later

Re:We win [not] (Score:3, Funny)

by RyuuzakiTetsuya ( 195424 ) writes: <taiki@c o x .net> on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @07:41PM (#17638262)

There was talent involved with the production of Serenity?

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:3, Funny)

by drsquare ( 530038 ) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @07:55PM (#17638472)

Considering how long bittorrent takes to download anything, let alone anything that's 20GB, it'd take less time to work overtime to earn the money to buy the DVD, then walk to the shop and back, that it would take to download via bittorrent.

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:5, Funny)

by monsted ( 6709 ) writes: on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @08:16AM (#17644340)

If your usage drops below 20 GB a day on a swedish internet connection, i think they come knocking on the door to check if you're still alive...

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Link? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sky (Score:5, Funny)

3...2...1... (Score:5, Funny)

We win (Score:3, Funny)

Moo (Score:5, Funny)

Serenity in high-def for FREE??? (Score:5, Funny)

Getting off at the next port... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:BitTorrent isn't a thing (Score:4, Funny)

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:4, Funny)

Apparently... (Score:5, Funny)

You can't stop the signal. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Call me paranoid... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Sky (Score:5, Funny)

Priceless... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Link? (Score:2, Funny)

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Re:Sky (Score:5, Funny)

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