You are. Cause they would be sued if they did that. The discs are required to be playable on any licensed player. So, stop worrying about this stand alone nonsense. It's simply not true.
Couldn't they argue that only the content of the discs is required to be playable, and the Ultraviolet digital copy will fulfill that requirement?
Again I hope you are right; but I know studios are sick and tired of losing sales to decryption and copying of the original discs being possible and they may be willing to take on some risk to be able to stop it.
But the digital copies have NEVER been targeted at stand alone players. They're targeted at portable players like the iPhone/iPod/iPad.
I said the exact opposite. That computer software players could be targeted. In other words, computer software players (PowerDVD, TMT, etc.) will be considered "portable players" and will be updated to play the Ultraviolet digital copy.
Since they can play the Ultraviolet digital copy, there's no reason for them to be able to play the regular standard Blu-Ray disc. They could put a version of AACS and/or BD+ on the regular standard Blu-Ray disc that works fine on stand alone players, but computer software players will display a message saying something like, "please use the Ultraviolet digital copy." They won't play the regular standard Blu-Ray disc, so it won't be decrypted for playback. And therefore, AnyDVD won't be able to decrypt it. Unless SlySoft has somehow circumvented the secure components of stand alone players, which they may have done since these components are used on the PS3, and the PS3's security has been circumvented.
What you are suggesting would unleash absolute HELL for them legally if they tried it. They are stupid, but, not THAT stupid.
PLEASE be right!
Indeed. Like I said, they remove our ability for our purchased software to play legitimate BD discs, there WILL be hell to pay for it. What I think you really ought to be worrying about isn't whether software players will lose the ability to play discs....it's the elimination of BD as a format. UV supports DTS-HD MA, TrueHD, AVC...It looks as though they want set tops, game consoles, mobile devices, and even BD players to support this DRM. What happens if they decide in a few years to drop BD and use this? Ship a big disc with a CFF on it, the player is authenticated to your digital locker, and the content is able to play. You may be looking at the beginning of the end of the blu-ray format. THAT is what's unfortunately possible...
If you have a fast enough broadband pipe, it'd be convenient to stream UV titles.
But there's also this question that IMO is more critical: Will there be a critical mass of broadband pipes that can support BD-quality streaming? With the current AT&T and Comcast 250GB caps (i.e., 5 full dual-layer BDs per month) on their top-tier broadband services, the answer for now is "no" at least in the U.S., and I understand Canadian caps are even worse.That's the point. As broadband becomes better, larger files will be possible. And the UV file format (CFF) allows for DTS-HD MA and TrueHD so you can get BD quality. And there's no reason that they can't distribute the content physically for now as you said. But that doesn't mean blu-ray itself is a format that sticks around. Once more players support UV and they get a critical mass to adoption...