November 08, 2007 - 10:53AM CT
By Eric Bangeman
One advantage that backers of Blu-ray have touted in the format battle with HD DVD is its extra helping of "unbreakable" DRM called BD+. It's not unbreakable after all. SlySoft, makers of AnyDVD, have released a new beta of their AnyDVD HD disc ripping application that it claims can successfully crack and rip Blu-ray discs protected by BD+.
That didn't take long. Just last week the company said that a crack was imminent, with full support for decrypting discs with BD+ protection coming by the end of the year.
According to a SlySoft employee's post in the company forums, the AnyDVD 6.1.9.6 beta has full support for playback of Blu-ray discs with BD+. "All available BD+ titles can be copied with AnyDVD ripper, or can be watched on HTPC without HDCP using PowerDVD 3104 and AnyDVD," reads Tom's post.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/yozkfb
