Will another developer step into the ring and crack AACS 2.0, or will Ultra HD Blu-ray be unassailable? Clearly, between the statement and SlySoft's closure, there are some litigious undertones here. In fact, the Fengtao statement even acknowledges that someone will 'likely' crack AACS 2.0-it just won't be Fengtao that does it. There might still be a hole in the AACS 2.0 crypto scheme that allows for UHD discs to be ripped, but presumably it'll be a lot tougher than its predecessors.

AACS 2.0 has a 'basic' version that sounds quite similar to existing AACS, but also an 'enhanced' version of DRM that requires the playback device to download the decryption key from the Internet. The new Ultra HD Blu-ray standard, however, takes it up a notch. Blu-ray discs (and HD DVDs) used Advanced Access Control System (AACS), which was based on a more complex cryptography scheme, but it was still fairly easy to break. All that's left is a cryptic message on SlySoft's website: 'Due to recent regulatory requirements we have had to cease all activities relating to SlySoft Inc.'Īs you may know, DVDs were protected using Content Scramble System (CSS), an encryption scheme that proved quite easy to break. This is in accordance with AACS-LA, (which has not made public the specifications for AACS 2.0), the BDA and the movie studios.' AACS-LA is the body that develops and licenses the Blu-ray DRM system.Ĭuriously, Fengtao's announcement comes just a day after SlySoft-the company that makes the ripping tool AnyDVD-ceased operations and vanished from the Web. DVDFab, a software tool for ripping and decrypting DVDs and Blu-ray discs, will not be upgraded to support newer Ultra HD (4K) Blu-ray discs.įengtao Software, which makes DVDFab, said in a statement that it 'will not decrypt or circumvent AACS 2.0 in the days to come.

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