i wonder how the industry will react to PathPlayer and AI Scanner developments?
if computers are now going to be able to access dvd's in a way that a standalone dvd player can,where does this leave ARccOS,RipGuard,ProtectDVD and other protections designed to prevent ripping on a computer?
(all that standalone dvd players to dvd recorders have to contend with is macrovision to protect the content on the dvd disc from being copied.apart from a couple of ARccOS incidents affecting certain standalone dvd players,other developments such as ProtectDVD and RipGuard dont seem to affect standalone players-they are specifically for computers are they not?).
These purely my own speculatory [is that even a word?] thoughts...
We know the purpose of
DVDFab PathPlayer ™ technology and pretty much how it works from
Fengtao's description.
James hasn't been very vocal about how the
Slysoft AI Scanner ™ technology will work yet. Some people are more in the know than others but I don't assume that just because
DVDFab went the path they did that
Slysoft is going to go down the same path in order to evolve their technology in getting around the newer protections the studios are using. Until it's released and
James explains the new technology I will not even begin to assume anything as to how
it will function.
Now, on to the answer to the question. I would assume the creators of protections will most likely reverse engineer the newer technologies and find loopholes or techniques that will cause the newer method, be it
DVDFab's PathPlayer ™ or
Slysoft's AI Scanner ™, to become confused or simply trick them into doing things that cause problems when making the backup. Of course these loopholes will be closed when they are discovered but as always it'll be a game of cat and mouse just like it always has been. As much as
DVDFab's PathPlayer ™ technology approaches the DVD like a standalone DVD player it still isn't one.
Of course everything I just said is completely my own thoughts, opinions, speculation, etc and worth a grain of salt if even.